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<br /> Nottingham Sand and Grav�f H78-352 . •
<br /> RW: We have Nottingham Sand and Gravel but there may be a priority on the part of .
<br /> . . . no one from Nottingham here, I would suggest we go to . . .
<br /> K: I represent the Rio Grande Railroad and I 'm one of the adversaries
<br /> RW: Ok, you' re here with respect to Nottingham
<br /> K: That's right.
<br /> RW: I don ' t see the presenter here Mark Heifner, so we' ll hold that for a moment
<br /> and . .
<br /> RW: Northern Coal , is Roger out there? Here's Mark, Mark, if you wnat some more
<br /> time we' ll give you a little bit , if you' re ready to go, the adversaries are
<br /> here so we should wait until a little bit until they have a chance - let me
<br /> just clarify is item 18 the same as item, item 18 and 56 are 2 Nottinghams ' s
<br /> LH: Right,one by Mark and one by Roger
<br /> RW: Ok, and the one you' re dealing with is the one, the people are not here yet
<br /> RF: I can go ahead.
<br /> RW: Right
<br /> RF: Ok,..Nottingham, Sand and Gravel , Item N56 on the agenda File No. 77-343, this
<br /> is a approximately 18 acre sand and gravel operation in Eagle County it is
<br /> jsut south of 1-70 near the town of Avon, to orient the Board this is 1-70
<br /> right here, uh, the Eagle River is down here, the railroad runs through here
<br /> there's a private airstrip that I think services the town of Vail in that
<br /> area. It 's uh and it 's one mile northeast of Avon. Ok, uh, can' t really tell
<br /> p from this topo map but 1-70 runs through here, the operation is on I guess, on
<br /> a hill slope down from 1-70 and it 's in such a position that 's it 's , you really
<br /> can' t see it from the interstate, because it 's hidden by the shoulders of the
<br /> highway so it 's kind of underneath on a high terrace. The operation moves
<br /> from east to west, the Board can see that this is Phase 1 , this is approxiamtely
<br /> 81 acres , phase 2, phase 3, and phase 4 are approximately 3.2 acres each.
<br /> To date, the operator has completed his mining in phase 1 , he's mining in phase
<br /> 2 now, and they are starting to initiate reclamation in phase 1 . For phase
<br /> 2, 3, and 4, well I should mention this operation has been in existence for
<br /> quite a while and coming under that October 1 dea dline.
<br /> RW: And they are under compliance plans?
<br /> RF: Yes, Phase 2, 3, and 4, the operator intends to spend about 5 years mining
<br /> in each phase. Depth of mining is 260 feet , they will , the mine wil I not
<br /> go into the water table, they will stay above the water table. Ok, basically
<br /> what 's happening here is on the-regrading of slopes they will be no steeper
<br /> than 2 to 1 . How it will actually work - official cross section, this is the
<br /> way it looks, this kind of a topography they' re going to make it that type of a
<br /> typography, so actually what you' re seeing here is a situation where it slopes
<br /> like that and then levels out here at the bottom where before it was kind
<br /> of concave. It 's , this ridge they' re mining in other words they' re mining across
<br /> the ridge and this ridge is essentially just a gravel deposit with very little
<br /> or no topsoil that ' s available. . . so the operator will use overburden as a
<br /> plant growth medium and will fertilize according to soil tests as a result.
<br /> They have applied for an NPDES permit and have satisfied the questions of
<br /> the Division of Water Resources , they do have county approval from Eagle County.
<br /> The seed mixture that the operator proposes is to be hand broadcast and the
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