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these terraccs paralleling the ridge line, although the extent of high quality flagstone is uncertain <br /> and all 10 terraces may not be required. Terracing will not extend down slope past the heads of <br /> the rock slides. Access to the ridge top for this pail of the operation will be from an existing road <br /> that angles up [lie east side of the ridge. Flagstone removed from a terrace will be loaded into a <br /> haul truck with the front end loader and taken down the existing road to the staging area for <br /> sorting onto pallets for transport. Terracing will be completed in 3 pliases. The I st plisse will <br /> include terracing the area above the rock slides which were opened tip under the 110 permit. The <br /> phase I area will be approximately 50 acres. Rock removal will continue there until all terracing <br /> is completed and all desirable rock which can be easily removed is taken. Then the terraces will <br /> be reclaimed as follows. Rock left on each terrace after mining is completed will be graded up <br /> against the headwall to provide an energy dissipator for runoff. If the area had soil prior to rock <br /> removal, that soil will be spread over the remaining terrace area and reseeded. That portion of <br /> the area which had no soil cover prior to mining will be left as is at the end of mining. Then <br /> mining will commence on the second phase of the operation to the south of the first phase. The <br /> phase 11 area will encompass approximately 48 acres and mining will be conducted in the same <br /> manner as phase 1. The third phase area will be north of the I st phase area and will encompass <br /> the remaining 27.5 acres of the proposed permit area. Similar methods of mining and <br /> reclamation will be employed. <br /> The only other surface disturbances will be improvements to existing roads and extension of the <br /> new road along the base of the slides. There has already been approximately 500 fl of new roars <br /> constructed as part of the 110 operation and this road will continue to be used for the 112 <br /> operation. The road will be extended to reach the bases of other slides south of the existing <br /> operation so that they can be mined during the I st and 2nd phases of terracing. The road will be <br /> extended to the base of a slide to the north during the 3rd phase. This road will be reclaimed <br /> after rock removal from the slides is complete. <br /> The "new" staging area is approximately 4.5 acres and the ranch owner has requested that the <br /> area remain as is after mining operations are completed. He has other plans for the area and does <br /> 12 <br />