PERMFILE127427

• Permit No: M2001046
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/13/2001
• Doc Name: Letter of Objection
• From: Town of Platteville
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Town of Platteville
400 Grand Avenue Platteville, CO 80651
ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC WORKS RECREATION
July 12, 2001 RECEIVED
JUL 1 3 2001
Division of Minerals and Geology Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Nix Sand and Gravel Mine
Regulaz 112 Construction Minerals Operation Reclamation Permit
Deaz Sirs:
As a member of the Platteville Chamber of Commerce, The Town of Platteville is writing
to you to express our concerns regazding the proposed Nix Sand and Gravel Mine
referenced above. While the Chamber welcomes new businesses to the azea, we do not
feel that existing businesses should be jeopazdized in the process. As the Nix permit is
currently written, I have serious concerns that the surrounding farm businesses will be
impacted in a negative way from this gravel mining enterprise.
I propose that the following points in the Nix permit be addressed, in order to protect the
existing farm businesses neaz the mining operation:
1. The gravel processing plant should be located n the northwest corner of the Nix
property, as neaz as possible to the existing Varra plant. Since this azea is already
industrial, the two plants could be grouped together, thus protecting the rural
nature of the surrounding properties as much as possible.
2. The life of the Nix gravel plant should be limited to 15 years, not open tended as
is currently proposed. This would allow the surrounding area to return to normal
as quickly as possible.
3. Slurry walls should be put in place before mining begins. It is most important for
the survival of the neazby farm businesses that their ground water levels not be
impacted by the gravel mining operation. Nearby farms have irrigation wells,
domestic wells, wetlands and springs which aze highly dependent on stable
groundwater levels.
4. Incoming and outgoing traffic to the gravel pit should be only on State Highway
66 or County Road 19, both of which aze paved roads which carry lots of
commercial traffic. No gravel pit traffic should be routed over County Roads 28
or 17, both of which aze dirt roads mostly used by slow-moving farm equipment
and by local residents.
Town Hall Recreation P.O. Box 70 Fax: [phone]
Public Safety P.O. Box 389 Fax: [phone]
Public Works P.O. Box 70 Fax: [phone]