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INTRODUCTION <br />A new gravel mining pit is proposed, to be named Urie Gravel Pit. It will be :located <br />approximately 1.0 miles northeast of the Town of Rangely, on a parcel of land owned by <br />Stephen A. and Elaine C. Urie (owners of the Urie Rock Company). The proposed <br />operation will mine only gravel, for commercial sale. <br />The main entrance to the pit is an existing access road that crosses private property <br />owned by Jeffery Peacock, then connects to Rio Blanco County Road No. 46, which in <br />turn connects to Colorado State Highway No. 64 at a point approximately 1.5 miles <br />northwest of the Town of Rangely. The portion of the existing access road that is within <br />the site boundary will be upgraded and extended to the boundary of the proposed pit. No <br />new access roads are proposed. <br />The office, scales and parking area is located at the entrance and contains 3.0 acres. The <br />entire pit area is located on a relatively flat to slightly sloped parcel of land that is north <br />of the White River and approximately 1,400 feet east of Rio Blanco County Road No. 46. <br />The site has a total area of 30.48 acres, of which 16.62 acres will be mined. <br />The mining will be done in three phases, of approximately 5.5 acres each. Phase 1 will be <br />the easterly most area, Phase 2 the center region, and Phase 3 the western area. The <br />phases are equal in size and should generate approximately 225,000 tons of gravel each. <br />Operations are planned to start in 2009 and each phase should be finished within 1 year <br />of commencing. This equates to a 3 year life span of the permitted area with. mining <br />operations completed in 2012, and reclamation completed in 2013. <br />The construction and operation of the gravel pit will involve the use of dozers, loaders, <br />rock trucks, and other heavy equipment in order to remove topsoil, overburden and <br />gravel. Other equipment that will be located on site during portions of the year will <br />consist of crushers, screening plants, truck scale office, asphalt plant and concrete plant.