The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

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Raggsdale Reservoirs Project

Expanding a mine for sand, gravel, stone and other materials by approximately 27 acres and adding a conveyor belt on 667.97 acres.

Under reviewUse by special review · 1MJUSR26-20-00308987 County Road 85, Fort Lupton

For
Mining, oil and gas
Acres
668
Where it is in Weld County, and close up. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where it stands

  1. Sept. 1Heard by the Weld County Planning Commission
  2. Sept. 30Heard by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
  3. Oct. 2Under review when the Herald began following itUnder Review

What it says

A Major Amendment to Use By Special Review USR20-0030 for open mining (sand, gravel, stone, topsoil, overburden and borrow materials) and processing of minerals to expand the total mining acreage by approximately 27 acres and add a conveyor belt outside of subdivisions and historic townsites in the A (Agricultural) Zone District

In Weld County's words and the applicant's, as filed.

The site

Type of use
Mining

What the agencies said40

The county sends a case to the agencies it touches. Each one's response, as the county records it:

AgencyResponseDate
Emergency Management OfficeNo Response
Flood Plain—
OGEDNo ConcernsMarch 20
Sheriffs OfficeNo ConcernsMarch 17
Development ReviewComments with ConditionsApril 27
CDOTComments with ConditionsApril 1
Colorado Historical SocietyNo Response
Colorado Geological SurveyNo ConcernsApril 9
Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and SafetyNo Response
Department of Labor and EmploymentNo ResponseMarch 16
Division of Water ResourcesAdvisory CommentsApril 14
Division of Wildlife - SouthNo Response
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceNo Response
Fort LuptonAdvisory CommentsApril 16
PlattevilleNo ConcernsMarch 16
Fort Lupton F-5No Response
Platteville F-13No ConcernsMarch 28
School District RE-8No Response
Central Colorado Water ConservancyNo Response
Northern Colorado Water ConservancyNo Response
Evans #2 Ditch CompanyNo Response
Platte Valley Irrigation CompanyComments with ConditionsApril 10
Union Pacific RailroadNo Response
Platte Valley Irrigation CompanyComments with ConditionsApril 10
Platteville Irrigation & Milling CONo Response
Century LinkNo Response
US SprintNo Response
Level 3 Communications, LLCNo Response
United Power, Inc.Advisory CommentsApril 6
Kerr - McGee/ North American ResourcesNo Response
Saddle Butte Rockies Midstream LLCNo Response
DJ South Midstream, IncNo Response
DJ South Midstream, Inc C/O ARB Midstream LLC Attn: Todd Elton 1600 Broadway Avenue #2400 Denver , CO 80202—
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation CompanyComments with ConditionsApril 9
DCP MIDSTREAMNo Response
KP KAUFFMANNo Response
COLORADO INTERSTATE GASNo Response
SUNCOR ENERGYComments with ConditionsMarch 13
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPNo Response
Platte Valley Conservation DistrictNo Response

The case's record at Weld County. A proposal is a plan filed for review, and it may change or be withdrawn before anything is built.