ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 03/02/2005

The applicant proposes to reshape 120 lineal feet of Wrights Creek stream bank, seed the reshaped bank with an erosion resistant grass mixture and install a concrete block flow concentrator to create a scour hole to collect water for irrigation.  The project site is located approximately 1,000 feet north of the intersection of Humprey and Peth Roads

The applicant proposes to add a total of 9.6 acres to this sand and gravel mine, currently approved for 17.1 acres.  Of the addition, 6.2 acres are adjacent to the northeast corner of the current mine, mostly on property of Karl and Sally Lawson.  Excavation below the ground water table is proposed on the Lawson property, creating a pond of approximately 4 acres, up to 15 feet deep and on the applicant's property, creating a second 1.4 acre pond up to 12 feet deep.  The second pond is south of the existing mine in a previously mined area (circa 1950).  The reclamation objective for the remainder of the expansion is meadow.  Topsoil from the 4 acre pond site is proposed to be sold as mine product.