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• <br />February 12, 2001 <br />RECEtVEC <br />FEB 1 4 2001 <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />State of Colorado <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Platte Sand & Gravel, LLC <br />Application for Reclamation Permit #M2000158 <br />S & H Mine, Weld County, Colorado <br />Dear Board Members: <br />Division of Minerals end CaoleAY <br />This letter is a written comment regarding the application for reclamation permit <br />#M2000158 filed with your office by Platte Sand & Gravel, LLC. We, the undersigned, <br />are residents of the area which will receive the most adverse impact from this proposed <br />mine site and along the haul route described in the application. <br />We are opposed to Application #2000158 and we believe this application does not <br />warrant approval by the Mined Land Reclamation Board for the following reasons: <br />First, the scale of mine operation proposed in this application is extreme in reference <br />to its size, length of permit, and accompanying industrial activity. In addition to the mine <br />[he applicant is requesting permits from Weld County for an asphalt batch plant, concrete <br />batch plant, asphalt/concrete recycling plant and pre-cast concrete plant. However, there <br />is no evidence that the applicant has any previous business experience in sand and gravel <br />extraction. The applicant's status as a "limited liability corporation" indicates that there <br />is questionable legal liability carried by the applicant in regard to serious concerns about <br />ground water protection, jursdictional wetlands and wildlife habitat protection, and <br />downstream protection from mine effluent during intermittent flooding of the adjacent <br />South Platte River. Please consider these specific concerns: <br />i Crounrl Wuter Protection <br />The application indicates that the mining activity in the water table will be a <br />we[ dredge operation. However, the application also leaves open the option [o <br />change this mining to a dry operation at any time at the discretion of the <br />operator. A dry operation would obviously require dewatering of the active <br />mine pit. The application does not offer any protection to surrounding property <br />owners or farmers regarding protection of adjacent agriculture or domestic <br />wells. A slurry wall in active pits would be a minimum requirement for <br />protection. Monitor wells drilled at the applicants expense and monitored <br />regularly by a neutral third party would be appropriate. <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIII III ~"'`°` <br />999 <br />