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<br />SECTION E - IMPACTS AND RECLAMATION <br />_ _~ <br /> <br />Further Land Development <br />Most of the land development in the area <br />to the Colorado Open Mining Land Reclamation <br />which states at 92-36-5: <br />is now subject <br />Act of 1973, <br />"Preservation of Commercial Mineral Deposits for Extraction. <br />(1) After July 1, 1973, no board of county commissioners, <br />governing body of any city and county, city or town, or <br />other governmental authority which has control over zoning <br />shall by zoning, rezoning, granting a variance, or other <br />official action or inaction, permit the use of any area <br />known to contain a commercial mineral deposit in a manner <br />which would interfere with the present or future extraction <br />of such deposit by an extractor." <br />Much of the area is included in the survey of commercial <br />mineral deposits in the populous counties of Colorado, as <br />stated in the State Geological Survey, Department of Natural <br />Resources Special Publication 5-A, <br />Aeereeate Resources Colorado: Front <br />es <br />Under this constraint, therefore, further development in <br />the area will require extraction of the proven existing mineral <br />deposits as a first step. <br />Conclusion <br />The recent historic land use in the subject area has been <br />pasture - vacant, or open space Flood Plain. <br />Weld County under past and present planning policies and <br />practice has encouraged "open"-agricultural uses in the subject <br />area. <br />Weld County has also encouraged "protection" and mining <br />activities in Mineral Conservation and Flood Plain areas, <br />through its County Comprehensive Plan of 1973 and also County <br />Mineral Resources Extraction Plan - Volume II, July 1975. <br />As it seems logical that this already established "open" <br />- Flood Plain - Mineral Extraction policy would continue, re- <br />inforced by state policy (laws), we believe that our mining <br />and subsequent reclamation activites are in line and compatible <br />with present and future land use policies of the state and <br />county. <br />-5- <br />