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1 ;Applegate Group, ~~~. December 27, 2004 Weld County Department of Planning Services 1550 North 17`h Avenue Greeley, CO 80631 RE: Addendum to Application for Sand and Gravel Mining Operation, USR-1350 To Whom It May Concern: Aggregate Industries-WCR, Inc. is submitting the following information and attached material as an addendum to the pending application for a Mining Use by Special Review Permit application (USR-1350). The application is for lands located in portions of Sections 25 and 36, Township 1 North, Range 67 West, and a portion of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 66 West, of the 6`h P.M, all in Weld County Colorado. The operation will be known as Wattenberg Lakes. In June 2001, a Weld County Use by Special Review permit application was submitted to the Department of Planning Services for the Aggregate Industries' proposed Wattenberg Lakes project. The application and related materials were considered complete and a hearing before the Weld County Planning Commission was held October 16, 2001.. In response to Planning Commission concems, Aggregate Industries requested that the hearing be continued. The concerns were largely based upon referal comments the County had received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application through the Army Corps of Engineers (COE). Upon recommendation of Planning Staff, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to continue the matter indefinitely to provide ample opportunity for the 404 permit related issues to be resolved prior to the Planning Commission Hearing. Aggregate Industries has diligently worked with the COE, USFWS, and the EPA since October 2001 to address their concerns. Through this process, the finally accepted extraction area has been modified from the plan previously submitted with the pending USR application. However, the modifications have not resulted in an expansion or enlazgement of the originally proposed extraction area, but rather a reduction of disturbance to jurisdictional wetlands and acreage to be mined. The permit boundary has not changed from that which is indicated in the pending USR-1350 application. The enclosed Cover Sheet, Extraction Plan Map, and Division of Minerals and Geology permit application, which received approval by the Mined Land Reclamation Board on November 17, 1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 2W (303) 452-6611 • Fax (303) 452-2759 Denver, Colorado 80234-2759 www.applegategroup.com