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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII • rlErlcr,nNnurl <br />sss <br />'1'0: Plined Land Reclamation Board <br />PROrR mined Land Reclamation Staff - R. Overton <br />DATE: October 27, 1977 <br />RE: I{azeltime Investment Assoc., Inc. If77-153 Adams Co. <br />^;~1~~J hen <br />~` <br />The following is an outline of the 112 application to be presented to you <br />for your consideration at the October 27-28 meeting of the mined Land Re- <br />clamation Board. <br />1. OPERATOR'S NAr1E & ADDRESS: Hazeltime Investment Association, Inc. <br />2. PIINERAL AND SURFACE RIGHTS: App1-ied•. a; ~ ~• <br />3. ADJACENT LAND041NERS: None indicated in application. <br />4. LOCAL GOVERrIr1ENT APPROVAL: Given b_y Adams Co. Commissioners on June 21, <br />1977. <br />5. SIZE OF AFFECTED LANDS: 120.717 acres. <br />6. GENERAL DE\S,CRIPTI(O~N: <br />\~ ~ "~ <br />\~~ <br />The area has traditionally been used <br />pasture and range, as has much of th <br />area. Also very significant amounts <br />floodplain lands close to aad.o~Ljr~a <br />have been mined for sand and gravel. <br />largely floodplain. <br />7. TYPE OF MINING OPERATION: <br />for irrigated <br />surrounding <br />of similar <br />i.ie the site <br />The site is <br />3°L+ <br />p~Sl• ~ ail. ,- Sp{ ~' <br />Open Pit, wet operation; pit is to be mined <br />with a dragline and no de-watering is planned. <br />8. TIP{ETABLE OF OPERATIONS: Timetable is not clearly given, hasically, opera- <br />tion will consist of 5 phase; covering a span of <br />II 20 __y~~llars. <br />Tey, f~~41~~N <br />9. RECLAMATION PLAN: Ths~.ro~iMk~d use of the area is primarily for active re- <br />creation utilizing 5 lakes created by the operation. A <br />`~,., :,tip w~.~f~ ~ championship water ski slalom course is envisioned on the <br />larger lakes in the future. A s~ctondary use of the area <br />-,~ n r n is for waterfowl and fish habitat` All other si.Y~s A(.`r.` <br />~ J ~`~ l"~'~r'1 ~ will be seeded with crested wheat grass as per SCS recom- <br />mendations. Also a number of locust and Russian Olives <br />will be planted. Slopes will be graded to 3:1 or less, <br />shore line grading will be 3:1 for the first 8 ft. of depth <br />and 2:1 thereafter. <br />10. WILDLIFE,: T}ie area receives some use by rodents and other species normally <br />associated with stream hanks. After mining it is probable the <br />area will receive increased use by waterfowl. Also the size and <br />depth of the proposed lakes lend themselves to the establishment <br />of fish. Fish and Game recommendations are to be followed for <br />species stocked. <br />• <br />