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Memo
Permittee:
Patsy Lee Horecny
DATE:
July 6, 2000
.JDNO:
04-0076
FROM:
E. Frank Schnitzer
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SUBJECT:
We need to send a storm water application to the landowner of this site- Ed Horecny.
The excavation floor of this TE-sized pit run quarry operation discharges storm water directly into the
Necanicum River at the Junction ofHwy 26 and Hwy 53. There's a stockpile on-site of pit run that
contains several thousand yards.
The site remains active. It may be below 5,000 yards per year. It would be difficult to determine without
annual surveys of the excavation.
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Nancy Collins - DOGAMI
Dennis Juries - DEQ NW
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memo
TO FILE:
Patsy Lee Horecny
FROM:
E. Frank Schnitzer
SUBJECT:
Site visit
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DATE: February 5, 1997
ID NO: 04-0076
This site application was circulated as an Operating Permit, however it was not issued because a bond
was never submitted. Subsequently to that, a request for an additional fee to keep the file open was
sent. No response was received so the file was closed.
I stopped by today to review continued mining activity at the site. I took some pictures of the pit, and,
looking at the current site and the 1991 pictures, it is difficult to tell what the exact removal volumes
are, but they are probably in the neighborhood of 5,000 yards.
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MEMO
TO:
File - Patsy Lee Horecny
FROM:
E. Frank Schnitzer
SUBJECT:
Site Visit 04-0076
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DATE: November 5, 1993
I visited the site today with Patsy Horecny to discuss the submission of the required bond that will
enable us to issue the Operating Permit. Patsy explained that her husband is currently going through
bankruptcy and they do not have the ability to get a insurance bond. I left her a Letter of Credit form
with her. She has initiated some conversation with the banker to get this resolved, supposedly we may
get something as quick as next week or so from the banker. The site itself has seen a little more
development work. They scalped a little more of the upper part of the pit, however the removal
volumes looked to be well below 5000 yards since the previous inspection from the spring, when the
operating permit was circulated.
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State of Oregon
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
1536� QUEEN AVE. SE
ALBANY, OREGON 973 21
PHONE (503) 967-2039
REPORT OF ON-SITE INSPECTION
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Patsy Lee Horecny
Hamlet Rt. Box 1045
Seaside OR
97 138
ID No:
04-0076
S 23,T5N,R9W
Clatsop County
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DATE OF INSPECTION:
April 15, 1993;
Revised May 28, 1993
I was accompanied on this inspection by Russ Stauff, ODFW.
After the
inspection, I met with Patsy Lee Horecny at the Horecny residence to
review the pending project and go over the paperwork.
This was an initial inspection for an application recently received
by the Department of Geology for commercial use of a rock pit.
The
The site
site is located near the junction of US Hwy 26 and Hwy 53.
lies immediately behind the· country store at this location and on the
south bank of the Necanicum River.
This 7 or 8 acre parcel is basically a knob of basalt with a
sedimentary cap surrounded by somewhat level ground which has been
previously logged.
Mining at this site began a couple of years ago.
The operator has· developed the site by scalping the sedimentary
material, pushing it down along the base of the knob in most
The center of the knob is a harder basaltic rock.
After
directions.
the knob is removed to the level of Hwy 53 and adjacent ground,
future possible plans would be construction of an R. V.
park/recreational camping site.
This may be an ideal location for
this given it's proximity to the 2 state highways, however, this
would require a zone-approval. - Until zoning change is approved, the
reclamation plan will return this ground to forest use or timber
production.
Attached to this report is a reclamation plan, a
location map, and a site plan drawing.
Page 1 of 2
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Clatsop county Planning Department
DEQ - NW Region
Russ Stauff - ODFW Seaside
Inspected by
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Signature
Title
E.
Frank Schnitzer
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Mined Land Reclamation
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Patsy Lee Horecny
ID. No. 04-0076
April 15, 1993
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The only issue of concern on this project.is protecting the.water
A minimum setback of 50' will be a
quality in Necanicum River.
permit condition so that no ground disturbing, stockpiling, removal
of vegetation occurs within 50' of the channel while mining is
progressing.
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Presently,,. approximately 3 acres are· affected by mining.
A floor
area has been developed on the west side of the knob and, on the
southeastern corner, an overburden bench has been constructed by
pushing unsuitable material downslope and constructing a level pad.
Currently, oversteepened faces are not·being created.
Cat roads are
present across the extraction area.
Upon completion of mining the
entire area would be left level.
Providing the extraction faces are
benched during mining, or mined on a slope so that no hazardous or
vertical faces are created, ·the bonding level can remain at a minimum
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for this site, set at $4,500.
Presently, there is no indication that,.stormwater. is leaving the
Most of the rock is-quite fractured and there are. level
property.
areas around the extraction site so that stormwater is allowed to
percolate into the ground.
Prior to permit issuance, the reclamation bond is needed.
following conditions are proposed for this project: _
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A minimum undisturbed setback of 25'
all property lines.
The
shall. be maintained along
A minimum undisturbed setback of 50' shall be maintained between
the disturbance and the Necanicum River. ··
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