Miller Farms Nursery, Inc. Surface Mining and Conditional Use Permits; Case Nos.: CUP-01-03/SMP-01-01/RP-01-01

Miller Farms Nursery, Inc. Surface Mining and Conditional Use Permits; Case Nos.: CUP-01-03/SMP-01-01/RP-01-01

A Conditional Use Permit, Surface Mining Permit, Reclamation Plan and review of financial assurance cost estimates for a surface mining operation involving extraction via skimming from a gravel bar, normally less than 4 acres in area on the Mad River of up to 15,000 cubic yards of aggregate material per year. The duration of the permit would be for the maximum term under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act., i.e. 15 years. The site has historically been mined every year since 1993 by a different land owner, and the applicant would only seek to transfer the same level of operation to the current surface rights property owners. Commercial aggregrate products will range from sand to cobble-sized aggregate. The surface mining operation will involve annual extraction, and grading reclamation of the gravel bar, occasional screening, storage, loading and hauling of commercial aggregate. No washing, crushing, asphalt or cement batch processing will be conducted on site. No new access roads to the gravel bar will be constructed. Heavy equipment to be used on site includes: an excavator; a front end loader; a free standing, non-mechanical screen sorter; 2,000-4,000 gallon water trucks; and 10 yard dump trucks. River-run aggregate will be hauled from the mine area on the river to be stored in an industrial area on-site by 10 to 18 yard dump trucks.

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