PERMFILE108847

• Permit No: M1980020
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/5/1979
• Doc Name: LIMITED IMPACT 110 & SPECIAL TEN DAY 111 PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

3. Removal from the site by way of pushing stockpiled areas to a
loader, or direct loading from the stockpiles by the loader onto trucks,
for transport off the site.
The machinery utilized in the above operation will be:
A. Two (2) Caterpillar bulldozers, a D-8 and D-9 (at most -
at least one of these two bulldozers);
B. One (1) 966 Caterpillar rubber fire loader; and
C. The five (5) company trucks, three (3) end dumps and two
(2) tandems. (Other contractors may haul materials purchased - depending
upon contracts, the five (5) company trucks would be the trucks in use
and as many as five (5) other than canpany trucks of contractors purchasing
materials could also be in use at any one time.
The greater part of the sand and gravel operation will be located
in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, as shown by the quarter
quarter section definition on Map "B". One (1) to one and one-half (1
1/2 acres, if the 9 acres are fully utilized, will be located in the
Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter as shown on Map "B", this
being the North end of the pit.
In the past, the mining operation has supplied both government and
nongovernmental customers in the manner set forth above. Topsoil has
been sold, as well as sand and gravel materials. Various mixes have
been prepared by the import of other materials to mix with the materials
excavated from the site - the topsoil and the sand and gravel - as contracts
required. As noted initially, at the time the Board considers this
application, the pit is operating under a special permit. The extent of
this special permit is realized and the extent of this limited impact
permit, if granted, is also realized as stated above.
The long run objective of this operation is to return it to its
ability to sell materials in excess of 70,000 tons per year and out of a
pit larger than 10 acres to all types of customers. Shortly following
the submission of this application will be an application for a regular
permit so that the 9.75 acre site herein described can and will be expanded.
It is realized that this will require treatment as if it is a new regular
permit because conversions of limited impact permits to regular permits
are not permitted under the rules unless the operator has been operating
under a limited impact permit for a period of two (2) years. The regular
permit application will show an expanded pit size, perhaps greater depth
to the pit than mentioned in this limited impact permit application; and
will result in additional machinery being used on site, a more extensive
and comprehensive reclamation plan with additional reclamation costs,
and supplanting of the bond here with a bond under the regular permit.
It Should be noted and it will be reiterated in Exhibit "E", the
Reclamation Plan, that any references to topsoil or overburden are to
the same materials as they exist on the entire site between depths of 3
and 7 feet with topsoil overburden material being a sandy type of rich
topsoil which without any soil additives or supplements will support any
native vegetation in the area.
Finally, stockpiles that exist as of this point in time are denoted
on Map "C-1" as to their approximate location and type of material. tt
should be emphasized that with regard to some stockpiles, the dozers
must push out of the stockpiles to areas where the floor of the gravel
pit will permit traction by the loader and loading of trucks for transport
of the materials off site. In other words, some stockpiles which exist
will permit the direct operation of the loader from the stockpile to the
trucks; other stockpiles will require pushing of the materials to a
solid floor surface for loading from that point with the loader.
EXHIBIT "B" - Mining Plan
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