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• III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII • <br />INFOR`~LaTION ON: <br />AGEYDA ITE~1 :~ 46 <br />~~-aaa <br />APPLICATION FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMITS FOR 14 SIMILARLY SITUATED <br />SAN MIGUEL COUNTY GRAVEL PITS <br />FOR GROUP ?RESEN'fATION: <br />T0: Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />FROM: Mark S. Love <br />DATE: November 18, 1981 <br />Following is a brief summary of the contents of an application to Se <br />considered for group presentation. The into nation is accurate as <br />of the above data. <br />Operator SAN MIGUEL COUNTY <br />File No. 81-154 & 81-214 through R1-226, inclusivq <br />Operation T;rpe Open Pit Gravel <br />General Location 14 Various locations in San Miguel County <br />acres Ranging from 2 to 9.5 <br />Mining Plan Available topsoil will be stripped, stockpiled toyeither side of <br />the excavation area, and p ante wit a perennia grass cover crop. u - <br />dozer and front end loader will load material into crushing and screening <br />equipment and then on to trucks. Ouarries will be drilled and blaste in <br />benches. Each pit will have one access road. Where necessary, rainages will be <br />protected by sediment control devices suc as erms. Some product will be <br />Reclamation Plan: stockpiled on the sites. Commercial/ <br />Final land use A~sicultural - 10 pits; Recreational - 1 pit; Industrial - <br />_ _ 3 pits. <br />Slone grading ~ 2:1 to 3:1, maximum; Quarries: 5' benches (about 10 total <br />Topsoil depth _Variable. All available is to be salvaged. height) <br />Species to be planted Various mixtures to include: Western w eatgrass, <br />intermediate wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, Russian wi rye, Smoot <br />brome, red clover, and yellow sweetc over. <br />Additional ~=tails All reclaimed slopes are to be designed to blend in an <br />appropriate manner with the surroun in topograp y. Note• One letter of protest <br />wac rPCPIVPd Erom an adiacent landowner concerning one nit However his problem <br />has been solved. However, he has been notified about this meeting,. <br />General Timetable The pits are to be mined for variable lengths of time. <br />Reclamation will occur as the pits are ex auste . <br />Staff Recommendation The staff recommends approval of the 14 mining and <br />reclamation permits for t ese pits. Proper assurance that t e rec emotion <br />will be done according to the permits and the Mined Land Rec emotion ct a <br />been received. <br />