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County planners okay Bowie waste disposal pile

Published March 7, 2007

By Hank Lohmeyer
Staff Writer

Bowie Resources on Feb. 22 received a recommended approval from the Delta County Planning Commission for plans to create a new, 25-acre mine waste disposal pile (GOB pile).

Company representative Bill Bear said the company-owned site of the proposed GOB pile is between mile markers 13 and 14 on Highway 133 east of Paonia. The parcel will have up to 670,000 cubic yards of mine waste material delivered to it by conveyor.

According to the company’s specific development application for the project, “The pile should have a life of two to five years based on average coal mine waste generated from the preparation plant and the projected underground mining conditions. The maximum height between the toe of the proposed fill and its ultimate top is approximately 65 feet.

“Final reclamation will include 40,000 cubic yards of cover material and 60,000 cubic yards of topsoil, and removal of the conveyor. Revegetation will be a pasture seed mix utilized on the slopes and top of the coal mine waste disposal area. Irrigated hay land seed mix will be utilized on the remaining area.”

The site currently contains a small orchard, Bear said.

In other business at its Feb. 22 meeting, the Delta County Planning commission recommended approval with staff recommendations for the following minor subdivisions:

• McCarville minor subdivision, applicant/owners Peter McCarville and Elizabeth Skelton. The project is located at 41888 Cotton Creek Road east of Crawford and proposes creating two lots of seven and 29 acres from a single existing parcel.

• Pulliam minor subdivision, owner/applicant Kenneth and Virginia Pulliam, is located at 21148 H-75 Road in Delta. The proposal is to create two lots of 5.4 acres and 22.3 acres.

• The Weinlader minor subdivision is located at 4991 and 4995 Sundown Road about three miles west of Delta. The applicant, David J. Weinlader, proposes the division of a 52.71-acre parcel into three residential lots of 34.4 acres, 12 acres, and 6.3 acres.

• Cialkowski minor subdivision is located at 18132 Hanson Road approximately one mile north of Cedaredge. Owner/applicant Valerie A. Cialkowski proposes to create three lots of 10 acres, 2.5 acres, and three acres.

• Beau Vista Estates minor subdivision is located five miles south of Delta off of B Road. Owner/applicant Lorena A. Martin proposed to create three lots, one of 15 acres and two lots of ten acres each.

• The Rapid Creek minor subdivision is located at 30130 Redlands Mesa Road. Owner Kristine Antonsson proposes to create three lots of 10 acres, 11 acres, and 15 acres.