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<br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 723
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />DEVELOPMENT AND EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT
<br />Permit No. 78-162
<br />Telephone: 892-3567
<br />THIS PERMIT is .issued this 29th day of June by the Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board, Department of Natural Resources, state of Colorado.
<br />W I T N E S S E T H
<br />WHEREAS, Morgan County desires to conduct a(n) open pit mining
<br />operation, known as Green Pit , for the purpose of extracting open pit
<br />mined sand 6 gravel and
<br />WHERI'.AS, on May 15 , 19 78 , Morgan County "FILED" an appli-
<br />cation, a reclamation plan and map, and the required fee, as required by law; and
<br />WHERIiAS, on June 29 19 78 , the Minc:d Land Reclamation Board approved
<br />Morgan County's application and set bond; and
<br />WliER1iAS, on June 29 , 1978 , the Mined Land Reclamation Board accepted surety
<br />submitted by Morgan County acid such date shall be considered the
<br />date of iusuance of the permit and the anniversary date Eor all other purposes; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has made s finding, For the purposes
<br />of isauir.g this permit, that:
<br />1) the application complies with [he requirements of the Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Act and all applicable local, state and
<br />Federal laws; and,
<br />2) the operation will not adversely affect the stability of any
<br />significant, valuable, and permanent man-made structures located
<br />within two hundred feet of the affected land, except where there
<br />is an agreement between the operator and the persons having ar.
<br />interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to be
<br />compensated for by the operator; and,
<br />3) the proposed mining operations and reclamation can be carried out
<br />in conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-116,
<br />as amended (1976 Sees. Laws H.B. 1065); and
<br />WHEREAS, for the purposes of issuing this permit, the operator has made
<br />a eatisf~tctory showing to the Board that he will employ during and after his
<br />open fit mining operations procedures reasonably designed to minimize as me
<br />as practcable the aLSruption from the open pit mining operations and •.~_',',
<br />provide 1`or the rehabilitation of the affected land through the rehabilitation of Elant
<br />cover, soil stability, water resources, and other measures appropriate to [he
<br />subsequent beneficial use of such mined ar.d reclaimed lands; and t5 at in
<br />the event of the failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will take whatever
<br />measures which may be necessary in order to assure the success of reclamation of
<br />the land:c affected by hie open pit mining operations; and,
<br />WHE;IEAS, for the purposes of Issuing this permit, a copy of the application
<br />approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado is attached
<br />to this •~ermit and thereby becomes apart of the terms hereof.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority ae[ forth in the Colorado `tined
<br />Land Reclamation Act, Article 32 of Title 34, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, (1976
<br />Sess. Laos H.B. 1065) [he Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado
<br />hereby issues a life of the mine permit to Morgan County to engage in
<br />open pit mining for the purpose of extracttng open pit
<br />mined sand & gravel „n the following parcel of ground, to wit:
<br />9.88 acres located in the SEi SWti Sec 24, Twn 6N Rge 56 W.
<br />6th P.M., Morgan County, Colorado
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