PERMFILE106259

• Permit No: M2001001
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/12/2001
• Doc Name: FOUR STATE AGGREGATES LLC & LANDOWNER DUVALL TRUELSEN HIGH IMPACT PN 385 FOR GRAVEL MINING OPE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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.r«prur State Aggregates LLC and Landowner Duvall Truelsen
REiCE~~ High Impact Permit No. 385
2001 Far Gravel Mining Operation and Mitigation Conditions
~R 19 For property described on attached Exhibit "A"
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Received
MAR 1 2 2001
Durango Field Office
Division of Minerals & Geology
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pi~isiooTd~"Br~OnteZUma County Commission recognizes the aesthetic. value and
importance of the Dolores River Valley to residents and non-resicie~nts alike 1 tie
Pontezuma County Land Use Code provides for High Impact Perrrlit Regulations
~~-t~cse general purpose is to facilitate the identification, designation Ind
regulation of High Impact Development projects in the unincorpor,3ted areas cif
Montezuma County. This process will ensure compatibility of c;c>rnmercial <tnd
~r•,dustrial uses with surrounding land uses. The specific purposes of I:nr;se
r ~gulations are:
A. To protect and strengthen the established industries of agricu tore,
commerce, industry, tourism, recreation, and to protect props 7y
values.
'' I -=~. B To protect and strengthen the economic viability of the private rand
d•~ >r governmental sectors of the County;
' F°~ ~ ~. C. To regulate development that would otherwise cause excessive
.~ ~f ( r , ~' noise, water or air pollution;
,~ ; ~-'' ~~ y D. To ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that growth will ooy
•q N s for itself, and that the present residents do not have; to sub:;;ictize
r i V~ new growth and development;
' G. To ensure that High Impact Development projects are sired,
r -' ~~' ~.~ constructed, developed and operated in a manner that is cons sff>nt
.~ ~ with the land use policies and regulations of Montez:urna County
F. To protect the rural character and visual and aesth~:tic resources of
the County and to protect the health, safety, anci welfare <:~f thle
people of the County and the State of Colorado.
Gravel production is certainly one of the biggest challenges in bsdancing rhe~;;e
proposes, because gravel resources are most abundant and available iri river
corridors, which are also high in aesthetic and other natural re~~ource v::Iraes.
From the economic standpoint, tourism and construction relat~~ct to residential
growth are both highly important. The aesthetic qualities of the County r:~ttr•3et
^ew residents who increase the demand for gravel resources nereded io t~clilcl
and maintain houses, roads, septic systems, businesses and of:her supporting
infrastructure;. Road maintenance is also a primary responsit~ility of C:o~anty
Government. and performing this service is directly dependent on the avail.at~ility
.d CG : of gravel resources.
l~hese competing purposes and needs must be reconciled by the juclicio~as
application of the Montezuma County Land Use Code which i~• based c;n the
Montezuma County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, formula'leci by a <;itizen
working group which spent some 18 months formulating a plan to address the