2009-07-15_REPORT - M1988044 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M1988044
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 7/15/2009
• Doc Name: Annual Status Report
• From: Schmidt Construction Company
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
BOARD OF LAND COMM1SUMERS
1313 Sherman S, Room 621
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
June 20, 2008
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Ms. Carol Kuhn
Planning Division
Arapahoe County Public Works and Development
10730 E. Briarwood Ave_, #100
Centennial, CO 80112
Subject: Planning Division Phase li Referral- Coal Creek Resources Operation
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Dear Ms. Kuhn:
The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners, the "Board" has approved a
revised plan for the mining of the Lowry Range under the Schmidt Construction
Company (Schmidt) contract. This revised plan takes into consideration the conservation
of the Piedmont Grassland community, the Board's obligations under the Schmidt mining
lease and the Board's fiduciary duty under the state constitution.
The Board entered into an agreement to develop approximately 4,000 acres of the
Lowry Range north of Quincy Avenue and to conserve 17,000 acres to the south of
Quincy. As the Board has stated its commitment before, the development and the
conservation must go forward together. Neither can stand alone nor can one be sacrificed
for the other.
The land use issue before the Arapahoe County Commissioners is the subject of
this letter. The Board's lessee, Schmidt, has applied for its Arapahoe County Use by
Special Review (USR) permit Schmidt previously received a modification to it, existing
reclamation permit from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
(DRMS).
It is our understanding that the Arapahoe County Planning Department bas
proposed additional requirements on the USR permit beyond those of the DRMS_ One
such requirement deals with the acreage that would be disturbed under the permit
expansion. The Board's lease with Schmidt was extended to include an additional 1,600
acres. The original proposal for the USR was over 700 acres. The locaiion of the. 700
acres, however lay within an outline of gmWands identified by the Colorado Nvaiiral
Heritage Program as a rare Piedmont grassland suitable for protection through
conservation. Schmidt re-submitted its plan reducing its disturbance in the new permit
area to 300 acres.
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