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not be a hardship for operators. Bakke said the DNR will comment on individual CUP applications and there may be a different number required for a particular CUP. Harvey Benson, Harmony, asked if livestock bedding production was commercial or industrial. Bakke explained bedding is commercial, adding that a mine operating under 736, industrial ordinance, can also produce a commercial product. However, a mine operating under 721, traditional construction materials, can not
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produce an industrial product. Benson then asked that industrial mines be limited to two per township, suggesting they proceed with caution. There were no other comments from the public this day when the ordinances were discussed by the board as the public hearing for the ordinances had been held at the November 15 planning commission. At that time the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend adoption of each of the ordinances by the county board. 721 Zoning Administrator Chris Graves explained that during
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the review and study process, it was determined that two separate ordinances were needed, one for mining of construction materials (721) and one for industrial mining including frac sand mining (736). During the process 721 was strengthened. Commissioner Randy Dahl asked if materials produced for a wind farm would be under 721 or 736. Graves said they would be under 721 as the production of construction materials for a wind farm would not be a long term project. The amended ordinance 721 was unanimously adopted as presented. The moratorium last February had actually been
placed on this ordinance. 736 Graves maintained there had been a lot of helpful public comments throughout the process during which this ordinance was developed. He briefly listed restrictions specific to this ordinance including only five active industrial mines throughout the county at a time, a limit of 50 acres with only 25 acres in use at a time, clarifying definitions, a review by a technical evaluation panel for each CUP application, mining operation plans, covered loads, road maintenance agreement, and a beefed up regulation of blasting activity.
Dahl asked about how the application procedure will work with the 5-mine limit Bakke said an application will need to keep moving forward to complete the checklist needed. There will be a 60-day period after the checklist is completed for the application to be acted on. Dahl asked how long a mine can stay dormant before reclamation. Bakke explained active mines have to pay annual fees. Commissioner Chuck Amunrud asked about a scale at the mine. Graves said a scale will be required and reports will be made to the zoning office See COUNTY Page 26
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