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Material to be mined consists of the upper fractured and weathered surfaces of the sandstone <br />outcrop and loose rock from sheer faces and gullies on the outcrop. The fractured and weathered <br />rock (possible upper 2 to 4 feet to solid un -weathered bedrock) will be removed off the slopes or <br />scaled off the more sheer faces as/when necessary. As stated above in (c); some scaling and rock <br />fall mitigation will be done as necessary on the higher angles slopes and cliffs above the county <br />road. Rock fall and slide rock will be collected from the slope toe and roadside to assist in county <br />maintenance. Rock -fall cleaned from the road would be moved to the operations are for temporary <br />stockpiling. <br />(e) Major components of the mining operation. <br />1. Access to the site will be off Moffat County Road 1 using the load owner's private <br />road/ramp, which was use for the previous site mining operation, to access the site <br />operations area. This access will be utilized for the duration of the mining activities. The <br />access will also be part of the Moffat County Special Use Permit. <br />2. The 1.34 acre "previously mined area" will be used for temporary process operations <br />and stockpiling. <br />3. There is no shop, office or maintenance buildings presently onsite. There is a small <br />storage shed used for tool and oil storage. <br />4. There are plans to provide for portable crushing or screening plants and /or a <br />temporary asphalt plant to process material at this site as needed. All material will be <br />handled onsite using tracked excavators, bulldozers and front-end loaders to <br />temporarily stockpile and load to haul trucks. Material stockpiles may be temporary or <br />may be produced and reduces on a daily basis and will be conveniently located adjacent <br />to active mine pit areas as excavation activities proceed. <br />5. There will be no under ground opening such as ventilations facilities or adits. The <br />operations will be an open pit operation. <br />(f) Dimensions of any significant disturbance to land surface <br />1. Mining will start at and follow the limits of the previously disturbed area (1.34 acre) and <br />will move along the general existing slope and (rock) high -wall (very slowly) extending <br />the disturbed area to the west and north. The fractured and weathered rock (a possible <br />upper 2 to 4 feed to solid un -weathered bedrock) will be removed off the slope or <br />scaled off the more sheer faces as/when necessary. Due to the nature of the outcrop, <br />the sheer faces and limited annual production from the site the total disturbed area at <br />end of 20 years would be less than 3 acres. (Note: the 20 yr. limit line on Exhitit E Map) <br />including the current 1.34 previously mined. Slopes would be 3:1 or less when possible, <br />however remnant high -walls will resemble the current steep to sometimes vertical in <br />places outcrop profile. <br />