Photo from Peak Materials Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include accurate information about the location of the Peak Ranch Resource Project.
, including preliminary review comments from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, comments from Summit County and 142 objection letters.
The company is currently in the permitting process with the state. If the permits are awarded, Peak Materials will then have to obtain two permits from Summit County before the project can begin: one to mine materials on the 75-acre Hillyard property, which is about seven miles north of Silverthorne, and one to import the materials to the company’s Maryland Creek Ranch facility about 11 miles south of the mining site.
Summit County is looking for applicants to fill open seats on its five planning commissions and Board of Adjustment.
Applicants have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 29 to apply for the 10 open seats. The only requirements for applicants are to have lived in Summit County for at least one year. People applying for any of the four basin commissions must be residents of that basin to be appointed.
According to a news release, the following seats are available:
One seat for the Board of Adjustment
Two seats for the Countywide Planning Commission
Three seats on the Lower Blue Planning Commission
One seat on the Snake River Planning Commission