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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PERMIT <br />EVALUATION AND DECISION DOCUMENT <br />Project: Green and Croissant Aggegate Mining Project <br />Corps File No: 200180205 <br />Applicant: Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. c/o Mr. George Fancher, V. P. <br /> Viola C. Croissant 1 Leon H. Croissant Family Trust, Landowner <br />Location: Weld County, Colorado <br />Waterway: Wetlands tributary to the Big Thompson River <br />1. Permit Authorities. <br />1.1. Authority. <br />This decision document constitutes the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps) Environmental <br />Assessment, Statement of Findings, Public Interest Review, and compliance determination under the National <br />Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The review was conducted in accordance with procedures described at 33 <br />CFR Part 320 and Part 325, including Appendices B and C. This document also addresses the requirements <br />contained in the Environmental Protection Agency's Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines published at 40 CFR Part 230. <br />1.2. Permit Decision. <br />My decision is to issue the Department of the Army permit with the inclusion of the conditions idenfified in this <br />document. <br />2. Project Information[33 CFR Part 325.2]. <br />2.1. Location. <br />The project is located southeast of Loveland, south and east of the junction of Weld County Roads 13 and 54. The <br />site is more specifically located in the North 1/2 of Secfion 30, Township 5 North, Range 67 West, Weld County, <br />Colorado. Attachment 1 shows a map of the site location. <br />2.2. Existing Conditions. <br />The aggegate mining project is located adjacent and just west of the Big Thompson River. No aspect of the <br />project will include fill, discharge, or excavation of any portion of the Big Thompson River channel or banks. <br />The site contains three types of jurisdictional wetlands; oxbow wetlands, sideslope seep wetlands, and toeslope <br />wetlands totaling 15.90 acres. The site also contains non jurisdictional wetlands described as artificially irrigated <br />wetlands, and an isolated oxbow wetland totaling 14.17 acres. Total area of all wetlands at the site is 30.12 acres. <br />Natural vegetation communities within the properties can be broadly categorized as sedge/rush swales, wet <br />meadow, and mixed grassland. The communities form a mosaic within the property and intergade together <br />depending on mjcrotopography, soils, and the ambient hydrologic regime. Please see Attachment 3 for a detailed <br />Project: Grecn & Croissant Aggregate Mining Applicant: Loveland Ready Mix, Nc. Pg 6 of 53 <br />Carps File No: 200180205 Waterway: Big'Ihompson Wetlands, Weld County, CO <br />