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State hoard approve <br />gavel - i m~ ansio i, <br />By MICHAE ~ ~~ es, operator of the gravel-min#dg <br />Dally Press Staff W operation 10 miles south of [oivn, <br />The state Mined Land Reclamation wants to expend the operation from~37 <br />Bdard approved an expansion of the acres to s total affected azea of •80 <br />Colons Pit gravel mine south of Mon- acres. I[ filed a permi[ applica[lon <br />trose during a Thursday afternoon cotuertling the expansion with the <br />hearing in Denver. Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />CrandJunction-based~~U=tedCom- (Contln~a won P 8) <br />Mate <br />(Contlnued from Page 1~ <br />Geology in October. p <br />The seven-member botird consid- <br />eredimpacts onwildlife habitat, noise <br />and vibration, airboma dust from m- <br />protected top soil or stockpiles, dam- <br />age 4rtd impacts on structures 200 feu <br />~$ the operatioq and the loss of ir- <br />rig4lion water supplies during [tie <br />heer;ng, according to information re- <br />ledved by the division. <br />,A~!r~e odrer issues - general air <br />pollution craated by the operation, in- <br />trreased trafric on U.S. Highway S50 <br />and edjaoeat roads, and the potential <br />lop of aesthetics -weren't dis- <br />9!Msed. by ¢°ud . <br />'.-County caplanissiooerDavid Gann, <br />wl'a. was. in: Denver for Gov. Roy <br />Rptrrer'a emfemnce on gioadt issues, <br />attended a portltm of the hearing. but <br />couldn't stay long enough to speak <br />before the boerd..Ha submitted writ- <br />ten.commmb which were presented <br />during the heating. <br />Calm said the county wanted the <br />United Companies expansion prop- <br />osal [o go through its special-use per- <br />mit process, which is part of the <br />amendments to the coon zoning re- <br />fvi ~~~ll- oni <br />Colorado Press <br />Clipping Service <br />1336 Gknerm %au • Deriver, CO [30204 <br />303-571-51 17 -FAX 303-571-1603 <br />----- <br />solution commissioners adopted in <br />October. "The special-use permit pro- <br />cess is a fair and applicable process, <br />and we wanted to pursue that oppor- <br />tunity," he said. <br />"A lot of the discussion at the <br />growth conferonce.t:en[ered tm issues <br />like this, and the governor said land- <br />uae decisioru should be in local hands <br />as much es possible; 'Gann said. "The <br />special-use permit process is a way to <br />hazdle that end to address the can- <br />cema which have been raised." <br />The amendments to the county zon- <br />ing ordinances were adopted 10 days <br />after United Companies filed (ts per- <br />mit application with the state. The <br />state Mined-Lend Rulamation board <br />also doesn't include county or local <br />government approval in its fmal deci- <br />sion regarding a perntit epplica[ion, <br />sta[ed'divislonofficials iripre-hearing <br />meetiriga held earlier in Montrose. <br />Paul McGehee, resource dtrector <br />and safety manager for United Com- <br />panies, said the company will begin a <br />°weB-controlled std routine expan- <br />sion at the site as demand end a favor- <br />able commercial environment <br />dictates. <br />"We are not going to go in there <br />and immediately disturb the entire <br />area;' said <br />wvntnwc vwa_r rnraa <br />Montrose. CO <br />(Montrose County) <br />M-F(PM), 7,065 <br />