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1) All water available from the pump at the "Point of Diversion" in the South Platte River as shown <br />on Map C -2. This right is owned by the Trust and allows water extraction up to 5.0 cfs. The gold <br />operation has used this source in the past mining and processing activities. <br />2) The Operator also can use the Columbia Ditch located immediately east of the permit area. Two <br />exist- ing takeoff ditches bring water to the permit area. This ditch can also be used to supply the site <br />only to the point that the combined flow from both sources does not exceed 60.0 cfs. <br />The water rights for this property are more than sufficient for any possible use. The documents are <br />included in Appendix A - Right of Entry. <br />4. Park County Impacts and Environmental Impacts <br />The Alma Placer operation dates back to 1868 and has been worked intermittently since that time. <br />During initial permitting in 1979 with Timberline Resources and Reclamation Resources in 1985, <br />the town of Alma and Park County have been actively involved with the permitting of the site. Input <br />into the operation plan, hours of operation, dust control, etc. have been discussed. The following <br />measures are to be employed for the 2003 amendment that should make continued operation of the <br />site better than any previous operation: <br />1) Through the use of visual berms of 6 -8' height along Highway 9 south of the town of Alma, the <br />mining and processing activities should be for the most part invisible. <br />2) Any time that a concrete plant or asphalt plant is temporarily used on site, it will be placed near <br />the eastern edge of the operation, away from the town and it also will be located at a lower elevation <br />than the higher points of the site to keep it as invisible as possible. <br />3) The gold operation will primarily be digging material that is below the water table which will keep <br />dust down simply by the wet nature of the material. All gravel operations will either be processing <br />wet material from the gold plant or waste gravel from past operations. All crushers will be <br />Alma Placer 9/12 39 <br />