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<br />• <br />It <br />drainage north of Highway 50. Hours of operation, annual production and facilities will not change <br />from the existing Special Use Permit with the County. <br />Although the sand/gravel annual production rate is given as maximum of 65,000 tons per yeaz, the <br />average production is expected to be 55,000 tons. The existing access to Highway 50 will not change <br />and the amount of truck traffic on Highway 50 is also not expected to change. <br />As described in the above mining plan, the sediment ponds and sediment trap will contain all runoff <br />so that no sediment will leave the site and cloud any downstream waters. The Bellgazdt Pit will be <br />reclaimed to part dry rangeland and part irrigated pasture. The pre-mining use is all dry rangeland so <br />that the post-mining use is a higher quality. Western Gravel will work closely with Division of <br />Wildlife, the County, the landowners and the DMG to ensure that the reclamation plan is the best <br />possible for achieving the post-mining land use. Portable sanitation facilities will be provided to all <br />workers at the mine site. The waste will betaken off site for treatment in an approved facility. There <br />will be no leach fields or other means of sewage disposal. There will be no new demands on <br />Montrose County services from the additional extraction areas. All trucks leaving the site will be <br />covered will not be allowed to track mud on Highway 50. Trucks may supply demand in any <br />direction once they enter Highway 50. This gravel pit has been in place for many yeazs before <br />Montrose County initiated special use procedures without any problems and none aze expected in the <br />future. <br />The pit has historically been virtually invisible from Highway 50. A portion of the 2006 Amendment <br />azea will be slightly visible for approximately 18 months until reclamation, but the distance from the <br />pit to Highway 50 is over 0.4 miles, and the amount of disturbance that will be visible is only a few <br />acres. This can hardly be considered a significant impact. The only other areas from which the pit <br />can be seen are the elevated portion of the Polsley property to the north and the Broomfield property <br />to the south. There aze no structures on either of these properties from which the pit can be seen. <br />Since there are no changes to the production rate, no traffic studies or new Highway Access permits <br />aze needed. <br />Bellgardt Pit 1/06 21 <br />