2009-02-17_REVISION - M2001023 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: M2001023
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/17/2009
• Doc Name: Amendment application
• From: Camilletti and Sonsm Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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continuing demand for gravel products and dwindling reserves, the Applicants
are requesting an expansion of Milner Pit #2 to property lying to the south and
west of the current pit.
PROJECT EXPANSION NARRATIVE
Camilletti Milner Pit # 2 is proposing to amend SUP #PP2005-078 to allow
for future expansion of Pit #2 into adjacent acreage to the south and west of the
existing permitted pit and to request minor modifications of current permit
conditions. State permits and submittal information obtained for Pit #2 will
continue in effect or will be modified/ updated as necessary to satisfy state
regulatory provisions. The Applicants have discussed with County staff and
have opted to not request permit authorization to mine sand and gravel from
that area immediately west of the existing pit due to previously stated concerns
of potential impacts to the cottonwoods. It is clear that such cottonwoods do not
provide any visual screening of the pit operations, however the Applicants have
agreed to not request permitting of this area at this time.
Milner Pit #2 is operated by Precision Excavating, Inc. on land owned by
Camilletti & Sons Inc. Precision and Camilletti & Sons previously permitted,
operated and reclaimed Camilletti Milner Pit #1, which was east of Milner and
adjacent to U.S. Highway 40. As the gravel was running out in Pit #1, the permit
for Pit #2 was submitted. Pit #2 is located south of the Yampa River
approximately- one mile south of the Town of Milner and accesses off Routt
County Road 179. Pit #2 was originally granted a Special Use Permit #2000-003
in June 2001 after multiple hearings with the Planning Commission and Board of
County Commissioners, and has been operating since that time. Certain
conditions of the original special use permit for Pit #2 were subsequently
amended through public hearings in April 2003 and March 2006.
Over the past 7 years, Precision has produced multiple sand and gravel
products that meet the continuing needs in Routt County, while respecting the
environment and limiting impacts to the Milner area. As part of the permit
process for Pit #2, Precision and the Camillettis constructed and dedicated to the
County a new county road (RCR 178) from RCR 179 to Highway 40 east of
Milner to eliminate the need for haul traffic through the Town of Milner and to
improve access from Highway 40 to the south. This new road has significantly
reduced the impacts of all traffic, not just haul trucks, through Milner. The
currently permitted site has proven to contain quality gravel resources, readily
accessible to Highway 40 with minimal impact on the area. Based on current
demand for gravel products, we have approximately 3 years of reserves left in
the permitted area. Another 70 - 80 acres of gravel reserves lie adjacent and to
the south and west of our existing pit.
Unlike new gravel pit permit requests, 1007o of the infrastructure needed
to mine the additional acreage adjacent to Pit #2 has already been constructed
and is in place (per county and state regulations) to extract, process and deliver
the gravel products to consumers. The approval of this request will not result in
the tonnage of materials hauled from the pit increasing above the current