2008-06-26_PERMIT FILE - M2008044 (2)

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Palmer Pipe & Construction Application for Limited Impact Permit Narrative Pat Palmer, Owner, Palmer Pipe & Construction (970-946-5920, 381 Ute Junction Circle, Durango, CO 81303), has filed an application for a Construction Materials, Limited Impact (110) Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed mine area is located on his property at 1810 CR 308, Durango, CO, SW 1/4, Section 19, T 34 N, R 8 W, N.M.P.M. The property consists of 85.03 acres and the affected acreage is less than two acre. The purpose of the mining activity and permit application is as a result of the BP gas well expansion on the existing well pad located in the NE corner of the subject property. The expansion created a large amount of material that needed to be utilized elsewhere on the property or removed. This material has already been excavated. Palmer Pipe and Construction used a portion of the material to construct the approved subdivision roadways. The leftover material is to be crushed and removed by being sold to others. The scope of the project is finite. Once the existing pile has been removed there will be no additional activity and the permit will cease. There will be no additional mining or crushing and there will be no large gravel trucks continuing to use the county roads. The amount of material removed was originally approximately 20,000 CY. The subdivision road improvements required approximately 5,300 CY and the remaining approximately 14,700 CY is the subject of this application. The proposed date of commencement for removal of material was May 2008 when BP was to begin operations to excavate additional pad area. BP is responsible for all excavation and reclamation of the site. The proposed date of commencement for crushing the gravel is June 2008 and proposed date for sale of leftover material is July 2008 or after this permit has been approved. It is anticipated that sale of the material would occur during July, August and Sept. 2008 and would be completed by Oct 2008. The proposed future use of the land is not a proposal and both the BP well expansion and the Fork Horn Mesa Subdivision are already fully approved projects through the La Plata County Planning Dept and Board of County Commissioners and no part of either project will change as a result of this proposed action. BP will reclaim the land to the existing use per agreement with both the surface owner and La Plata County.