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EXHIBIT K <br /> Climate <br /> Climate data for the area was provided in the June 16, 2004 Revised 112 Reclamation Permit <br /> Application for this site, and that information is unchanged for this amendment. The subject area <br /> has a high plains, continental climate. With mountains to the west, variations in temperature are <br /> wide. The average annual temperature is lower than in the high plains, and the temperature <br /> increases from east to west in the plains area. Average annual precipitation also increases from <br /> east to west. In the high plains area,rainfall is light and humidity is low. <br /> Differences in altitude and exposure create great variations in both temperature and precipitation. <br /> In general, temperatures are cooler at higher elevations, and northern exposures are cooler than <br /> southern exposures. The average frost-free period ranges from 225 to 270 days. Annual <br /> precipitation ranges from about 13 to 24 inches and increases with elevation. <br /> In the eastern high plains area, the climate is modified considerably from that expected of a <br /> typical high plains environment because of the nearby mountains to the west. The winds <br /> characteristic of the plains are reduced somewhat by the shielding effect of the mountains. <br /> Duckworth Pit <br /> DRMS 112 Permit Amendment <br /> Page 13 <br />