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footprint will become a pond water surface or part of the < 3:1 sloped pond edge. <br />Final operations at the site will be in an approximate 3 acre area located between <br />the site gate and on/in the southern end of both ponds. This approximate 3 acre <br />area along with remaining pond edges and road areas will be the only area <br />requiring reclamation at the completion of site mining activities. All pond edges <br />and perimeter roads will have been completely reclaimed and constructed by the <br />end of final pond excavation. <br />With a 50 foot wide maximum pond perimeter topsoil stockpile/road "halo" or <br />"buffer" area, a total of 9.80 acres will have been concurrently reclaimed. All of the <br />concurrently reclaimed and other disturbed areas between the pond, on pond edges <br />and adjacent perimeter roads will be graded have topsoil replaced and seeded <br />annually at a minimum with the approved DRM&S grass seed mix. (wetland and <br />riparian varieties will be added etc...All reclamation at the site will be concurrent <br />with mining and any and all existing topsoil and/or usable cover soils will be <br />stripped as necessary, when encountered, as mining activities progress. Re- <br />grading/sloping and seeding will be annual or as soon as possible depending on <br />planting schedules. <br />Sufficient top soil should be available for reclamation to at least 8 inches. The <br />approximate < 3 acre operations area located at the site access gate will be stripped <br />and the topsoil will be stockpiled next to the south fence for final reclamation. The <br />operations and stockpiling area at the gate will be the final reclamation area at the <br />site. Generally, by that date, almost all pond edge reclamation will have been <br />completed except for the final 750 tO 1000 feet of pond edges. With the concurrent <br />reclamation at the site, the final site reclamation area will be approximately 4.0 <br />acres or less. Final surfaces will be graded up to the access gate area, perimeter <br />roads completed and reclamation will be complete. <br />(b) A Comparison of the proposed post mining land use to other land use in the <br />vicinity and to adopted state and local land use plans and programs. <br />As stated above, all surrounding lands are currently used as pasture. The <br />purpose of the project is to remove the aggregate, create water surface in 2 <br />pond areas, slope, grade and reclaim the pond edges, install perimeter roads <br />and have final reclamation at the SE corner of the site. An application for a <br />special use conditional permit for extractive an industry has been filed with <br />the Moffat County Land Use Department for the 62 acres within the proposed <br />permit area. There are current similar mine operations on adjacent properties. <br />The site access to the south will allow future access to a parcel that previously <br />had no access to a public byway As such the gates and access road will remain <br />after the completion of mining and reclamation activities at the site as an <br />access to the reclaimed ponds and adjacent strips of remaining pasture. <br />WestWater Engineering APPENDIX C - 14 July 2012 <br />