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9. Delta County Impacts and Other Environmental Impacts <br />The Boazd of County Commissioners has conditionally approved the Specific Development Appli- <br />cation for this operation (SD02-003) directly with Cecil and Pat Farnsworth. <br />As stated eazlier, the maximum annual tonnage allowed for this operation is 70,000 tons per year. <br />The combined tonnage from the Farnsworth #2 Pit and the North Fork Pit is 70,000 tons per yeaz so <br />that there is no true increase in tonnage over what was previously permitted in the azea. All trucks <br />leaving the site will be covered and will utilize the existing entrance to Highway 133. No new roads <br />will be needed for this operation. Trucks will enter Highway 133 immediately west of Paonia and <br />can supply construction material needs in all directions. If 10 ton trucks aze used, the maximum <br />number of annual loads is 7000. If 25 ton trucks are used, the maximum number of trrcks is 2780 <br />per year. Assuming that 50% of the trucks will be 10 ton size and 50% will be 25 ton size, there <br />would be 3971 loaded trucks leaving the site per yeaz. If the operation operates only 8 months per <br />yeaz, this results in an average of 4961oads per month for these months, and 4 months will have no <br />loaded traffic. No significant dust will be produced since the gravel will be wet upon extraction and <br />the gravel road to the River Bottom site will have no fines. Also, the processing equipment there <br />will have sprays and enclosed crushers. <br />Overall, this location is excellent to supply the growing needs of development in this part of Delta <br />County. The alternative to this pit is to truck gravel from greater distances at increased cost and <br />increased truck traffic on the road system. <br />Once the site is reclaimed, a permanent lake will be left that is approximately 18-23 feet deep over <br />6.6 acres, with wetlands on the edges, that can be used for wildlife habitat in a dry part of the <br />County, where a lake of this type has good value. <br />There should be no significant demands on Delta County services from this operation since produc- <br />lion and reclamation will only involve personnel of 4-5 people on site at any given time. The river <br />crossing is planned to not interfere with any existing uses of the river for fishing or recreation. <br />North Fork Pit Mazch 04 27 <br />