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<br />Permit No 76-20
<br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 723 Telephone: 892-3567
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />DEVELOPMENT AND ERTRACTION MINING PERMIT
<br />THIS PERMIT is issued this ~~ day of '-Sul.. ~~ by the 1Kined Land
<br />W I T N E S S E T H
<br />Reclamation Board, Department of Natural Resources, state of Colorado.
<br />WHEREAS, Animas Aggregates, Inc. desires to conduct a(n) oF~en mining
<br />operation, known as the Thomas Pit , for the purpose of extracting open
<br />mined sand and gravel, and
<br />WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has received an application, a
<br />reclamation plan and map, the required fee, and a bond or surety for such.operation
<br />as required by law ;. and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Mined Land Reclamation Board has made a finding, for the purposes
<br />of issuing this permit, that:
<br />1) the application complies with the requirements of the Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Act and all applicable local, state and
<br />Federal laws; and,
<br />2) the operation will not adversely affect the stability of any
<br />significant, valuable, and permanent man-made structures located
<br />within two hundred feet of the affected land, except where there
<br />is an agreement between the operator and the persons having an
<br />interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to '~e
<br />compensated for by the operator; and,
<br />3) the proposed mining operations and reclamation can be carried out
<br />in conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 1973, 34-32-116,
<br />as amended (1976 Sess. Laws. H.B. 1065); and
<br />WHEREAS, for the purposes 'of issuing this permit, the operator has made
<br />a satisfactory showing to the Board that he will employ during and after his
<br />open mining operations 'procedures reasonably designed to minimise as much
<br />as practicable the cisruption from the open mining operations and will
<br />provide for the rehabilitation of the affected land through the rehabilitation of plant
<br />cover, soil stability, water resources, and other measures appropriate to the
<br />subsequent, beneficial use of such mined and reclaimed lands; and that in
<br />the event. of the failure of his proposed reclamation plan, he will take whatever
<br />measures which may be necessary in order to assure the success of reclamation of
<br />the lands affected by his open mining operations; and,
<br />WHEREAS, far the purposes of issuing this permit, a copy of the application
<br />approved by the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado is attached
<br />to this permit-and thereby becomes apart of the terms hereof.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority set forth in the Colorado Mined
<br />Land Reclamation Act, Article 32 of Title 34, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, (19i6
<br />Sass. Laws H.B. 1065) the Mined Land Reclamation Board of the State of Colorado
<br />hereby issues a life of the mine permit to Animas Aggregates, Inc. to engage in
<br />open mining for the purpose of extracting open
<br />mined sand and gravel ~n the following parcel of ground, to wit:
<br />A portion of Sections 25 and 36, Township 37 North,
<br />Range 9 West, N.M. P.M. located in LaPlata County,
<br />Colorado, containing 25.4 acres,
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