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Total Affected Area by Phase <br />Phase I <br />Phase II <br />Phase III <br />Phase IV <br />Mining Area <br />78.0 acres <br />72.0 acres <br />75.0 acres <br />82.0 acres <br />Processing Facilities <br />21.0 acres <br />24.0 acres <br />29.0 acres <br />Built w/ Phase <br />III <br />Internal North Haul Road <br />11.7 acres <br />5.3 acres <br />Built w/ <br />Phase I <br />Built w/ Phase I <br />Internal Southwest Haul Road <br />6.5 acres <br />4.3 acres <br />0.9 acres <br />Built w/ Phase <br />1-111 <br />Other Affected Area <br />14.5 acres <br />11.0 acres <br />30.0 acres <br />23.5 acres <br />External North Haul Road <br />18.9 acres <br />Built w/ <br />Phase i <br />Built w/ <br />Phase i <br />Built w/ Phase I <br />External Southwest Haul Road <br />27.3 acres <br />Built w/ <br />Phase I <br />Built w/ <br />Phase[ <br />Built w/ Phase I <br />Total <br />177.87 acres <br />116.62 acres <br />134.86 acres <br />105.50 acres <br />The aggregate processing plant will move as mining progresses through the <br />phases. The plant will be located out of sight of adjacent neighbors on the east face <br />of a mesa in Phases I and II. To minimize the potential for fugitive dust, the plant <br />will be placed near the toe of a mesa out of the path of prevailing westerly winds. <br />The processing plant will include portable crushers, screens and conveyors and will <br />operate within the disturbed area. The control van will serve as operation center for <br />employees. All interior haul roads will be temporary, reclaimed when they are no <br />longer needed by the operation. <br />Mining product and byproduct stockpiles will be located within the bonded <br />area of disturbance. A minimum of six (6) inches of plant growth medium will be <br />salvaged and stockpiled for use during reclamation. Plant growth medium stockpiles <br />will be posted as reclamation topsoil and not for sale. Waste rock, fines and <br />overburden will be stockpiled and used to rebuild the slopes concurrently with <br />mining. <br />Topsoil stockpile erosion caused by wind will be minimized by strategically <br />locating the stockpiles on the east side of the mesas whenever possible, blocking <br />effects of the prevailing westerly winds. Topsoil that is not replaced on backfilled <br />slopes in a time short enough to avoid deterioration will be seeded with the seed mix <br />presented in Exhibit E, per the recommendation of Mr. Richard Rhoades on April 29, <br />2016. Topsoil stockpiles will be seeded during late fall. <br />Because Badger Hills is a semi -arid environment, stormwater best <br />management practices (BMPs) will filter and release storm water that falls on to or <br />flows across the affected area as much as possible. Berms and swales will be <br />constructed that direct storm water to detention basins or filtration outlets. <br />Detention basins will be constructed in areas where storm water will infiltrate within <br />72 hours. Straw bale or straw wattle filtration outlets will be constructed along and <br />6 <br />Edited June 6, 2016 <br />