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The mining of the amendment area will involve the temporary relocation of portions of BB Road. The timing of the relocation and the restoration is given in Table 2.05.3-10-3. The best location for the main detour was north of the proposed operation and immediately south of Tuttle Draw. Map 2.05.3-14 shows the detour road in plan view, which will provide access for all users north of the site along 2700 Road to and from Nucla. Since the intersection of 2700 Road and BB Road (Sunshine Ranch Corner) will also be removed, all existing users west on BB Road must be provided new access. This is to be done by using the existing county road (BB 27) which goes west from 2700 Road approximately 1300 feet south of the Sunshine Ranch Corner and ends at the Morgan house. An extension of this road will be provided to the Enstrom, Johnson and Wilcox properties. These are the only users of the western portion of BB Road who will be affected by the operation. BB Road ends at the Wilcox property. The only traffic that will be slightly inconvenienced will be that traffic that travels from north of the operation directly south on 2700 Road or in the opposite direction. This traffic would have to use the detour to go to the town of Nucla, approximately 1.0 miles further east. This detour is expected to be in effect from the time 2700 Road is excavated in mid- 2002 until mid-2004 when the road will be replaced with gravel. The following year, the road would be paved in its original location. A detailed plan with engineering drawings of the detour was supplied to Montrose County for approval together with the revised special use permit application for the mine in July of 1999. The existing portion of SB Road through the amendment azea will be used until mid to late year 2000 when mining will require the use of the detour. The detour will be 4550 feet long and will be installed to the Montrose County Road and Bridge specifications for collector roads h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). 5. On the basis of infoanation submitted by The Colorado Historical Society in the form of a letter received October 19, 1999, from Susan M. Collins, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, the Division finds that, subject to valid existing rights as of August 3,1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). 6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has been severed from private surface estate in some cases; therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) has been provided in Section 2.03.6 of the New Horizon 2 permit application (2.07.6(2)(f)). 7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and federal agencies as a result of the Section 34-33-114(3) compliance review required by the Colorado 16