Laserfiche WebLink
PHASING <br />THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT CALLS FOR EXCAVATION IN THE AREA AT THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY, AS INDICATED ON THE EXTRACTION PLAN, <br />SHEET 8. THE.DEPTH OF GRAVEL HERE IS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. THIS FIRST PHASE CALLS FOR A PIT COVERING AK AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8 SUR- <br />FACE ACRES. THE TOPSOIL AND OVEREURDEN FROM THIS AREA WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN OTHER AREAS FOR RECLAMATION USE. PHASE 2 IS PROPOSED FOR <br />THE AREA IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF PHASE I. GRAVEL DEPTHS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. PHASE 3 CONTINUES IN A SOUTH- <br />ERLY DIRECTION, WITH WASTE GRAVEL BEING USED TO FILL PHASE I AND TOPSOIL FROM PHASE 2 BEING USED TO RECLAIM PHASE I. PHASE 4 CONTINUES <br />TO THE SOUTH. GRAVEL DEPTHS HERE RUN APPROXIMATELY. 25 FEET. PHASE 3 I PROPOSED TO JOIN PHASE 2 WITH ITS WASTE PRODUCTS AND TOPSOIL <br />BEING USED FOR RECLAMATION. PHASE 5 CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF THE MINING. GRAVEL.DEPTHS IN THIS AREA ARE <br />ALSO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. THE MINED AREA.AT THIS TIME WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES. PHASE 5 WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF THE RECLAMA- <br />TION AND WILL RESULTIIN A PERMAKENT MINED AND RECLAIMED AREA OF 30 ACRES. ALTHOUGH SUPPLY AND DOIAKD DICTATE THE ACTUAL TIMING OF EACH <br />PHASE, IT IS ANTICIPATED - THAT -THE PROJECT WILL .FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW: <br />BEGIN OPERATION END OF PHASE <br />PHASE I SPRING OF 1984 FALL OF 1984 <br />PHASE 2 SPRING OF 1985 FALL OF 1985 <br />PHASE 3 SPRING OF 1986 FALL OF 1986 <br />PHASE 4 SPRING OF 1967 FALL OF 1987 <br />PHASE 5 SPRING OF 1988 FALL OF 1988 <br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING TREES <br />THERE ARE EXISTING COTTONWOODS ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF THE SITE, ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. THESE TREES ARE IMPORTANT VISUAL EL- <br />EMENTS IN THE AREA AND EVERY EFFORT WILL EE MADE TO LEAVE THEM UNHARMED. TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS STORAGE MATERIALS WILL <br />BE KEPT AWAY FROM THE ROOT ZONE OF THE TREES.DURING THE MINING OPERATION. NO MINING WILL BE CONDUCTED WHICH MIGHT ENDANGER THESE TREES. <br />VISUAL <br />ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE PROPOSED EXTRACTION PROCESS WILL HAVE AN UNAVOIDABLE INITIAL IMPACT ON THE VISUAL ASPECTS OF THE SITE, <br />THERE WILL BE A.POSITIVE VISUAL IMPACT WHEN THE FINAL RECLAMATION IS COMPLETED. THE NEGATIVE VISUAL IMPACT DURING THE PROCESS WILL BE <br />CONSIDERABLY MITIGATED BY THE FOLLOWING: <br />I: THE TOPSOIL STOCKPILES WILL BE POSITIONED SO AS TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM SCREENING EFFECT, BOTH ACOUSTICALLY AND VISUALLY, OF THE GRAVEL <br />CRUSHING EQUIPMENT, GRAVEL SCREENS AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT. <br />2. THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE PHASED IN SUCH A.MANNER THAT RECLAMATION WILL BE COMMENCED WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND WILL PROCEED AS THE <br />EXTRACTION IS COMPLETED. ADDITIONAL SCREENING WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TREE -SHRUB PLANTING STRIPS WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED <br />WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS. <br />3. VISUAL IMPACT ON BRIGHTON ROAD WILL BE MINIMAL WITH THE SEPARATION BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET <br />FROM CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY. <br />IN THE SHORE AREAS WILL CONSIST OF AREA RELATED TREES AND SHRUBS SUCH AS COTTONLESS COTTONWOOD, RUSSIAN OLIVE, GOLDEN WILLOW, SILVER <br />MAPLE AND AMERICAN PLUM. ALL PLANTING WILL BE PROVIDED WITH SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER TABLETS AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, ACCORDING TO MANU- <br />FACTURER'S RECOWMENDATIONS. ALL SEEDED AREAS WILL BE FERTILIZED WITH THREE APPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER PER GROWING SEASON FOR <br />A TOTAL OF CO LES. NITROGEN PER ACRE PER SEASON. THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF RECLAMATION IS $21,000.00, WHICH INCLUDES REGRADING, RE- <br />SEEDING AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS. <br />DRAINAGE <br />THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THE FINAL LAKE, AS SHOWN ON THE RECLAMATION PLAN, SHEET 9, FOR RETAINING MOST OF THE PROJECT AREA RUNOFF. THE <br />LAKE WILL RESULT FROM THE MIRING, RAIN FALLING AKD RUNNING OFF THE IMPERVIOUS AREAS AND RAINFALL ON THE LAKE ITSELF. RUNOFF WILL BE SOME- <br />WHAT LESS THAN NOW EXISTS, DUE TO THE CREATION OF THE LAKE. THE AVAILABLE STORAGE IN THE LAKE FOR RUNOFF WILL.FAR EXCEED THE POTENTIAL <br />RUNOFF. THE LAKE WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED MINIMUM FREEBOARD OF 3 FEET AT THE ESTIMATED HIGH WATER TABLE ELEVATION. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT <br />THE BASIN HAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE STORAGE CAPACITY FOR TOTAL DETENTION OF THE ANTICIPATED RUNOFF PLUS SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE STORMS OF VIR- <br />TUALLY ANY MAGNITUDE AND DURATION. <br />AFTERUSE <br />THE AFTERUSE OF THE PROPERTY IS AS A PRIVATE RECREATION AREA.WITH THE LAKE AND ISLAND, AND AS A WILDLIFE REFUGE. <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 11983 <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />Dula. Dept. of Natural Resources <br />SPEER DEVELOPMENT <br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION -SEE SHEET 4. <br />CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP <br />JACK D. SPEER (HUSBAND) AND ROSE M. SPEER (WIFE). BEING THE OWNERS OF SPEER DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY .OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. <br />HEREBY SUBMIT THIS EXCAVATION AND REHABILITATION PLAN AND AGREE TO PERFORM UNDER THE TERMS NOTED HEREON. <br />JACK D. SPEER (HUSBAND) <br />DRAINAGE DURING MINING OPERATION <br />DURING THE EXCAVATION PROCESS, ALL RUNOFF ENTERING THE EXCAVATED AREAS WILL BE RETAINED AND RETURNED TO THE GROUND WATER RECHARGE. WITH <br />TKIS EXCEPTION, THE PRESENT DRAINAGE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. AS THE MIRING PROGRESSES, THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF DETAINED BY THE <br />PROJECT WILL INCREASE. <br />RECLAMATION - SHEET 9 <br />TOPSOILING AND REGRADING <br />SUBGRADE WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WITH REJECT GRAVEL AND SIMILAR MATERIAL. AFTER ROUGH GRADES OF THE SHORELINE ARE <br />ESTABLISHED. THEY WILL BE RIPPED AND SCARIFIED ALONG CONTOURS TO A.DEPTH OF 12 TO 16 INCHES, LEAVING THE SURFACE ROUGH BEFORE TOPSOIL IS <br />PLACED. SINCE AMPLE TOPSOIL IS AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. IT WILL EE PLACED IN A 6 TO 12 INCH LAYER OVER ALL AREAS TO BE REVEGITATED. PRIOR <br />TO SEEDING, 200 LBS. PER ACRE OF P205 WILL BE APPLIED AND TILLED INTO THE TOPSOIL.. THE SHORELINE AREAS WILL BE GENERALLY GENTLE SLOPES BE- <br />TWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND WATER LIKE, (3:1). THESE AREAS WILL REQUIRE RAPID AND CONTINUOUS PLANT COVER TO PREVENT WATER AND WIND EROSION. <br />THESE SLOPES OFFER VARYING MOCROCLINATIC GROWING CONDITIONS SINCE THEY HAVE VARIOUS EXPOSURES. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE ONE MIXTURE OF GRASSES <br />AND LEGUMES FOR THESE SLOPES. DEPENDING ON THE MOCROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE GRASSES WILL.EECOME DOMINANT IN CERTAIN <br />AREAS. THE FOLLOWING SEED KFIXTURE IN POUNDS OF PURE LIVE SEED PER ACRE WILL BE USED FOR ALL AREAS: <br />2.LBS. COM40H KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS <br />5 LBS. PERENNIAL RYEGRASS <br />6 LOS. ORCHARD GRASS <br />6 LBS. SMOOTH EROME <br />O LBS. YELLOW SWEET CLOVER <br />SEEDING WILL BE DONE WITH A.DRILL EQUIPPED WITH DEPTH BANDS AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND MAY 15, IF POSSIBLE. ALL SEEDED <br />AREAS WILL BY HYOROMULCHED FOR IKITIAL EROSION CONTROL WITH CELLULOSE FIBER MULCH AT A RATE OF 1,500 LBS. PER ACRE. PROPOSED PLANTING <br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES <br />ROSE M. SPEER <br />DAY OF <br />NOTARY PUBLIC <br />PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL <br />APPROVED BY THE ADARS COUNTY PLANNING COK41 SSIOR THIS DAY OF <br />CHAIRMAN <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL <br />APPROVED BY THE ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THIS DAY OF <br />A <br />19 <br />19 <br />19 , <br />CHAIRMAN <br />CERTIFICATE OF CLERK AND RECORDER <br />THIS EXCAVATION AND REHABILITATION PLAN WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADAMS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER IN THE STATE OF COLORADO <br />AT M. ON THE DAY OF , 19 <br />RECEPTION NUMBER <br />EY : <br />COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER <br />DEPUTY <br />rm 1 <br />Ped NartlpEF MRP1� 11 <br />Class: Evertnit -- <br />Section/ExhibR_: <br />Class:P <br />i Type/Seq: <br />Class: O Report O Hydro -------------------------------- <br />Dm Type: _ O Inspection <br />____________ <br />[]Application (Coal only) 0 Bond O fo em <br />Enrcent <br />COVER SHEET <br />IJOHN HANDS LA14D C014SULT94G 1 <br />6120 SHERIDAN - 206C, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO 80003 <br />DLTE: 8/24/63 <br />SHAT <br />N <br />OF: 9 <br />)) <br />rA (^ AGi.. <br />.� <br />,,qn ;r, AIL MJNIn <br />uli�A1'.ON i�il. .�A" !,OMC ADVC".f <br />111Ti ON In: 6' ^' 1' Nd1LF Ij!IALI IY. DUtiINf: HE .'tr <br />' <br />COUNTY <br />S ss <br />CITY 1 <br />MINING PHASE THERE WILL EE SEVERAL <br />POTENTIAL SOURCES OF <br />POLLUTION. THE PRIMARY SOURCES <br />COULD BE SPILLAGE 01 IRRIGATION i:ATEI ANC nIEIOfl -' <br />THE FOREGOING OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED EEFORE ME TNI <br />ICAL SURFACE DRAINAGE WHICH MIGHT <br />ENTER THE GRAVEL PIT. <br />HOWEVER. DUE 10 THE SMALL SIZE <br />OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE MINING PROCEDURES <br />- <br />BY JACK D. SPEER (HUSBAND) AND ROSE M. SPEER (WIFE). <br />OUTLINED. ADVERSE IMPACT, IF ANY, <br />WILL BE MINIMAL <br />DRAINAGE DURING MINING OPERATION <br />DURING THE EXCAVATION PROCESS, ALL RUNOFF ENTERING THE EXCAVATED AREAS WILL BE RETAINED AND RETURNED TO THE GROUND WATER RECHARGE. WITH <br />TKIS EXCEPTION, THE PRESENT DRAINAGE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. AS THE MIRING PROGRESSES, THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF DETAINED BY THE <br />PROJECT WILL INCREASE. <br />RECLAMATION - SHEET 9 <br />TOPSOILING AND REGRADING <br />SUBGRADE WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WITH REJECT GRAVEL AND SIMILAR MATERIAL. AFTER ROUGH GRADES OF THE SHORELINE ARE <br />ESTABLISHED. THEY WILL BE RIPPED AND SCARIFIED ALONG CONTOURS TO A.DEPTH OF 12 TO 16 INCHES, LEAVING THE SURFACE ROUGH BEFORE TOPSOIL IS <br />PLACED. SINCE AMPLE TOPSOIL IS AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. IT WILL EE PLACED IN A 6 TO 12 INCH LAYER OVER ALL AREAS TO BE REVEGITATED. PRIOR <br />TO SEEDING, 200 LBS. PER ACRE OF P205 WILL BE APPLIED AND TILLED INTO THE TOPSOIL.. THE SHORELINE AREAS WILL BE GENERALLY GENTLE SLOPES BE- <br />TWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND WATER LIKE, (3:1). THESE AREAS WILL REQUIRE RAPID AND CONTINUOUS PLANT COVER TO PREVENT WATER AND WIND EROSION. <br />THESE SLOPES OFFER VARYING MOCROCLINATIC GROWING CONDITIONS SINCE THEY HAVE VARIOUS EXPOSURES. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE ONE MIXTURE OF GRASSES <br />AND LEGUMES FOR THESE SLOPES. DEPENDING ON THE MOCROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE GRASSES WILL.EECOME DOMINANT IN CERTAIN <br />AREAS. THE FOLLOWING SEED KFIXTURE IN POUNDS OF PURE LIVE SEED PER ACRE WILL BE USED FOR ALL AREAS: <br />2.LBS. COM40H KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS <br />5 LBS. PERENNIAL RYEGRASS <br />6 LOS. ORCHARD GRASS <br />6 LBS. SMOOTH EROME <br />O LBS. YELLOW SWEET CLOVER <br />SEEDING WILL BE DONE WITH A.DRILL EQUIPPED WITH DEPTH BANDS AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND MAY 15, IF POSSIBLE. ALL SEEDED <br />AREAS WILL BY HYOROMULCHED FOR IKITIAL EROSION CONTROL WITH CELLULOSE FIBER MULCH AT A RATE OF 1,500 LBS. PER ACRE. PROPOSED PLANTING <br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES <br />ROSE M. SPEER <br />DAY OF <br />NOTARY PUBLIC <br />PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL <br />APPROVED BY THE ADARS COUNTY PLANNING COK41 SSIOR THIS DAY OF <br />CHAIRMAN <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL <br />APPROVED BY THE ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THIS DAY OF <br />A <br />19 <br />19 <br />19 , <br />CHAIRMAN <br />CERTIFICATE OF CLERK AND RECORDER <br />THIS EXCAVATION AND REHABILITATION PLAN WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADAMS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER IN THE STATE OF COLORADO <br />AT M. ON THE DAY OF , 19 <br />RECEPTION NUMBER <br />EY : <br />COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER <br />DEPUTY <br />rm 1 <br />Ped NartlpEF MRP1� 11 <br />Class: Evertnit -- <br />Section/ExhibR_: <br />Class:P <br />i Type/Seq: <br />Class: O Report O Hydro -------------------------------- <br />Dm Type: _ O Inspection <br />____________ <br />[]Application (Coal only) 0 Bond O fo em <br />Enrcent <br />COVER SHEET <br />IJOHN HANDS LA14D C014SULT94G 1 <br />6120 SHERIDAN - 206C, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO 80003 <br />DLTE: 8/24/63 <br />SHAT <br />N <br />OF: 9 <br />