PERMFILE133036

• Permit No: M1999034
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: COOLEY RESERVOIR AND FULTON WILDLIFE AREA PIT INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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COOLEY RESERVOIIt AND FULTON WILDLIFE AREA PIT
E%HIBIT C - NARRATIVE ACCOMPANIMENT TO PRE-MINING PLAN AND
MINING PLAN MAPS
The first map insert, Exhibit C-1, Pre-Mining Map -Existing Conditions, shows graphically the
adjacent property owners, the name and location of surface features and structures within 200' of the
boundaries of the affected land, existing topography, the azea of the affected lands, vegetation, and
water resources.
That part of the permit area identified on Exhibit C-l, Pre-Mining Map as Parcels A, B, D-2, and D-3
are owned by the Applicant. For ease of reference, Parcels A and B are generally to referred to as
the Fulton Wildlife Area, the C Pazcels as the Plant Site, and the D Parcels as the Cooley Reservoir.
Parcel D-1 is not owned by the applicant, and will be mined under an existing lease arrangement.
Parcel C-1, part of the Plant Site area, will be purchased by the Applicant along with an additional
~± acres. This additional ?± acres won't be included in the permit area, but will be subdivided from
Parcel C-l as two separate parcels and conveyed to others. Parcels C-2 and C-3, the remainder of
the Plant Site area, will be leased by the Applicant. The ownership of a]] the property within the
permit azea, abutting property owners, easement owners on and off site, and owners of permanent
man made structures on the property and within 200' of the property are listed and identified as a
circled bold letter on the Exhibit C-1, Pre-Mining Map. A complete list of corresponding addresses
for each is included in Exhibit O. A description of the man made structures within the permit area
and within 200' of the pertnit area is described in Exhibit S.
The topographic mapping on Exhibit C-1, Pre-Mining Map was obtained from Adams County from
joint Adams County/Urban Drainage and Flood Control Mapping that was undertaken in 1997. This
same topography was utilized to develop Exhibit C-2, Mining Plan Map and Exhibit F, Reclamation
Plan Map. The floodplain information was also taken from FEMA Flood Insurance maps and
UD&FCD data.
Exhibit C-1, Pre-Mining Map, also shows and lists Soil Information, and a brief description of
Vegetative Cover within the permit area. More detailed Soil Information is provided in Exhibit I.
More Vegetation Information is provided in Exhibit J, including a survey for the Ladies Tresses
Orchid which wasn't found to be present on site. Exhibit H should be consulted for Wildlife
Information, which includes a Colorado Division of Wildlife Statement/Evaiuation and a survey for
the Prebles meadows jumping mouse which wasn't found to be present on site.
The total area involved within permit boundaries will be 348.96 acres. The total area to be disturbed
for mining and in the~lant site is 289+ acres. Except for the installation of structures for a conveyor
to cross the S. Platte River, the construction of a trail by Adams County, and the possibility of some o'~~°'A'
channel improvements by UD&FCD, 50± acres along the S. Platte River channel on parts of Parcel ~b
A, B, D-2, and D-3, and a l0± acre tree stand out of the S. Platte River channel on Parcel A will be ~y"1F~~'"-,-,•1
left undisturbed.