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<br />BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER <br />IN THE MATTER OF THE LINE CAMP PIT SITE, FOUR STATES AGGREGATES, LLC, FILE NO. <br />M-2001-001, CONSIDERATION OF A 112 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PERMIT <br />APPLICATION OVER OBJECTIONS <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("the Board") on May 23, 2001, for a <br />hearing pursuant to Section 34-32.5-114, C.R.S. The Board, having considered the testimony and <br />exhibits of the parties, and having been otherwise fully informed in the premises, hereby makes the <br />following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and enters the following Order: <br />FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW <br />On January 11, 2001, Four States Aggregates, LLC ("Applicant"), filed an application with the <br />Division fora 22.6 acre sand and gravel operation in Montezuma County, Colorado, Sec. 22, <br />T33N, R22W, 10's P.M. The application file number is M-2001-001. <br />2. The Applicant complied with all the notice procedures required in the reclamation statutes and <br />regulations. <br />3. Numerous objections to the proposed operation were submitted during the public comment and <br />informal conference phases of application review. The Division scheduled the permit <br />application for a hearing before the Board pursuant to § 34-32.5-114, C.R.S., and the applicable <br />Construction Materials Rules enacted thereunder. <br />4. Due to an application amendment and a delay requested by the Applicant, the final hearing <br />before the Board in this matter was scheduled for May 23, 2001. <br />5. APre-hearing Conference was held in this matter on May 15, 2001. At the Pre-hearing <br />Conference, the Board's Pre-hearing Officer narrowed and distilled the list of objector issues to <br />be presented to the Board, verified the list of parties to the final hearing, and set forth the <br />schedule and time allotments for the Boazd's hearing on the matter. In addition, certain parties <br />submitted lists of exhibits and witnesses they expected to use at the hearing for attachment to the <br />Pre-hearing Order which was to be issued to the parties. Following the Pre-hearing Conference, <br />the Pre-hearing Officer drafred aPre-hearing order which included all the above information. <br />The Pre-hearing Order was mailed to the parties on May 18, 2001. <br />6. The Division participated in the final hearing in this matter as staff to the Board, and was not a <br />party to the hearing. <br />