PERMFILE115268

• Permit No: M1983176
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/1/1983
• Doc Name: COVER SHEET
• Section_Exhibit Name: SHEET 1 OF 9
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SPEER DEVELOPMENT
EXCAVATION - REHABILITATION l'LANI
GENERAL CONCEPT
THE PURPOSE OF TY.IS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS THE EXTRACTION OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL GRAVEL DEPOSITS, REGRADING AND REVEGITA71ON AS RE-
QUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND THE RESTORATION OF THE LAND TO A USEFUL PURPOSE BY CREATING A PRIVATE RECREATION AREA. THE PROPOSED LAKE AND
ISLAND, WITH THE ADDITION OF TREE AND SHRUB PLANTINGS, WILL ADDITIONALLY CREATE A WILDLIFE REFUGE. BELOW RIGHT IS A KEY MAP SHOWING THE
PROJECT LOCATION IN WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY.
PRESENT CONDITIONS
LAND USE
THE PRIMARY PRESENT USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AS HEADQUARTERS FOR A CROP DUSTING BUSINESS. THERE ARE TWO EXISTING HOMES ON THE SITE
AND SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS SUCH AS A HANGAR FOR THE CROP DUSTING AIRCRAFT, A SILO AND STORAGE SHEDS AND BUILDINGS. A LARDING STRIP EXISTS
ON SITE. THE PROPERTY IS ABUTTED ON THE SOUTHEAST BY OLD ERIGHTON ROAD, TO THE EAST AND NORTH BY AGRICULTURAL LAND, TO THE SOUTH BY AG-
RICULTURAL LAND AND A SMALL COMMERCIAL AREA AND A SMALL INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND TO THE WEST BY THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. THE GENERAL USES IN
THE AREA ARE IRRIGATED FARMING, SCATTERED FARM HOMES, GRAVEL EXTRACTION OPERATIONS AND ROADSIDE SERVICE OPERATIONS. SHEET 3 ILLUSTRATES
THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARD SHEET 4 IS A.CERTIFIED BOUNDARY SURVEY OF THE SITE.
TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE
THE GENERAL EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY IS GENTLY SLOPING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN
THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. SHEET 5 ILLUSTRATES THE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY. THERE ARE SOME IRRIGATION LATERALS WHICH SERF
THIS PROPERTY AND DO NOT APPEAR ON THE TOPOGRAPHY MAP. THESE LATERALS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN REPORT.
SOIL AND GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS
THE SOIL IS PREDOMINANTLY LOAMY AKD WET ALLUVIAL LAND WHICH CAN CE FARMED IN CERTAIN CROPS UNDER PROPER MANAGEMENT. THESE SOILS TEND TO
HAVE A HIGH WATER TABLE AND ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE PROPERTY, AS IS TYPICAL OF'SUCH LOAMY, ALLUVIAL LAND WITH GRAVELLY SUBSTRATUM,
IS A GOOD SOURCE OF COMMERCIAL GRAVEL.
I. EXISTING VEGETATION
74 THE S!P[(I FROPFRIY IS IN AN AGRICULTURAL AREA. THE TERRAIN IS FLAT AND �WELL GRADED. THE AREA HAS BEEN USED FOR PASTURE IN THE PAST.
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EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY.
TRAFFIC
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, TO THE EAST AND SOUTH BY FARMING AND COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL ZONED
LAND AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY OLD BRIGHTON ROAD. SURROUNDING ROADS ARE PAVED WITH OLD BRIGHTON ROAD BEING THE MAIK CONNECTOR. HAUL ROAD.
INTERNAL TO THE PROJECT-WILL BE GRAVELED AKD MAINTAINED PRIVATELY. HAULAGE TRAFFIC ON SITE WILL BE CONFINED TO THESE ROADS DURING THE
MINING PROCESS. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN CROSSING LATERAL DITCHES SO AS NOT TO IMPEDE FLOW OF THOSE DITCHES. ACCESS
WILL BE DIRECTLY ONTO CRIGHTON ROAD. THE TOTAL DAILY VEHICLE COUNT ON OLD BRIGHTON ROAD IS 200 PER DAY.
RECEIVED
SEP 11983
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
Colo. Dept. of Natural Resources
EXTRACTION OPERAT16H (SHEET 8)
DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS
THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
I. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION - DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE EXTRACTION BEING THAT OF A WET PIT OPERATION, THE EQUIPMENT ANTICIPATED WILL BE THAT
GENERALLY FOUND AT SIMILAR FACILITIES. IN GENERAL, THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT WILL BE EMPLOYED AT THE SUBJECT SITE:
A. 1 BOO NORTHWEST DRAGLIKE (OR SIMILAR).
B. I COKE OR JAW AND ROLL CRUSHER.
C. 2 FOUR TO SIX YARD LOADERS.
D. I TRACK CRAWLER (60,000 LES. CLASS) '
E. 2 OR 3 GENERATOR POWER PLANTS
F. OTHER TYPICAL MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS A.FUELING TRUCK,.FOREMAK VEHICLE, CONSTRUCTION TRAILER, ETC.
2. EMPLOYMENT PERSONKEL.AND SHIFTS - IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT NO MORE THAN 20 PERSONS WILL BE EMPLOYED FULL TIME ON THE PROJECT. TYPICAL
.WORKING HOURS WILL BE A:NORMAL 6:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. SHIFT, OPERATING SIX.DAYS A WEEK. IT IS ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT THE FACILITIES
WILL CE OPERATING 12 MONTHS A YEAR.
3. METHOD OF EXTRACTION - THE PROPOSED METHOD OF EXTRACTION IS THAT OF AWET PIT OPERATION. EACH OF THE FIVE PHASES WILL.BE ACCOMPLISHED
IN A SIMILAR MARKER.
4. ACCIDENT PREVENTION - PROPER PRECAUTIONS FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION WILL BE EXERCISED AT ALL TIMES FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL.PERSONS AND
PROPERTY ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY EMPLOYED IN, VISITING, AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. SAFETY PROVISIONS AND APPLICABLE
LAWS AND CODES WILL BE OBSERVED AS PRESCRIBED BY THE MIKING ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (MESA), COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT), AND THE ADAMS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND ALL HAZARDS WILL eE GUARDED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAFETY PROVISIONS OF THESE GOVERNING BODIES.
5. SANITARY FACILITIES - ADEQUATE SANITARY FACILITIES WILL BE FURNISHED AND MAINTAINED FOR THE WORKERS. ENCLOSED TEMPORARY TOILETS WILL
BE CONVENIENTLY PLACED AS REQUIRED. DRINKING WATER WILL BE PROVIDED FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE, PIPED OR TRANSPORTED TO KEEP IT FRESH AND
SERVED IN A SINGLE SERVICE OR OTHER SATISFACTORY TYPE OF SANITARY CONTAINER.
TRANSPORTATION - TRAFFIC
t�. I[i K;.ST Of THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVEF., THE THE EAST AND SOUTH BY FARMING AND COMMERCIAL- INDUSTRIAL ZONED
'•� LAND AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY OLD BRIGHTON ROAD. OLD BRIGHTON ROAD IS A PAVED, TWO LAKE COLLECTOR. HAUL ROADS INTERNAL TO THE PROJECT
WILL BE GRAVELED AND MAINTAINED PRIVATELY, HAULAGE TRAFFIC ON SITE WILL BE CONFINED TO THESE ROADS DURING THE MINING OPERATION. ADDITION-
AL PROVISIONS WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN CROSSING LATERAL. DITCHES SO AS NOT TO IMPEDE FLOW OF SAID DITCHES. ACCESS W ILL BE DIRECTLY ONTO OLD
BRIGHTON ROAD. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AMAJORITY, IF NOT ALL, OF HAULAGE TRAFFIC WILL PROCEED. EASTERLY (APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET) TO.HIGH-
WAY U.S. 85. ADEQUATE ACCELERATION /DECELERATION LAKES CURRENTLY EXIST WHEN ENTERING OR EXITING THE HIGHWAY. It ADDITION, EXCELLENT SITE
DISTANCE EXISTS, WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHTS.
NOISE
THE PRIMARY NOISE GENERATOR IN THE AREA IS U.S. 65 AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LOCATED OVER HALF A MILE TO THE SOUTH -`
EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. NEITHER THE GRAVEL CRUSHING PROCESS NOR THE ADDITIONAL TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL HAVE A'SIGKIFICANT NOISE IMPACT.
HISTORICAL�ARCHEOLOGICAL
INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL NO KNOWN SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE STATE OF COLORADO ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITES 1
INVENTORY , AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER, DO NOT LIST THIS SITE;. THEREFORE. CONCERNS OF THIS NATURE ARE NOT APPLICABLE.
WILDLIFE
THE COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE AREA IN WHICH THE SITE IS LOCATED AS HAVING ANY ENDANGERED OR UNIQUE SPECIES OF
WILDLIFE. THE OBSERVED WILDLIFE ON THE SITE ARE SMALL COMMON RODENTS. AND SMALL COMMON RON -WATER FOWL BIRDS. LARGER ANIMALS SUCH AS DEER
IN LIMITED NUMBERS EXIST ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AND SPECIES OF GEESE,AKD DUCKS FREQUENT THE RIVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE AREAS
CREATED BY FORMER GRAVEL PITS. THE PROPOSED LAKE AND ISLAND WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE.
AIR QUALITY _
THE PRESENT AIR QUALITY OF THE SITE IS GOOD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE PERIODS WHEN PREVAILING WINDS FORCE THE POLLUTION FROM THE URBAN
AREA NORTH ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY.
VISUAL
VISUALLY, THE SITE IS ATTRACTIVE, CONSISTING OF TWO RESIDENCES WITH OUTBUILDINGS, STORAGE BUILDINGS AND HANGAR. SOME LARGE TREES EXIST
NEAR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE SITE. THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY IS FLAT AND OPEN. NO TRASH OR DEBRIS OR OTHER EYESORES EXIST
ON THE PROPERTY.
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