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EXHIBIT B <br /> SITE DESCRIPTION <br /> OPERATION NAME: STRODE PIT <br /> COUNTY: Kit Carson <br /> OPERATOR: Castle Rock Construction Co. of Colorado,LLC <br /> 1. The area designated within the pit limits is currently hilly rangeland used for <br /> livestock grazing only. <br /> 2. Soils on the grass land are ridge top typical of Kit Carson County and are <br /> classified as Eckley-Wages complex soils (see attached Soil Map). <br /> 3. Topsoil is 4-6 inches, silty-sandy M-L, CL type by the Unified Soil <br /> Classification. <br /> 4. The soil beneath the topsoil is gravelly sand which will be used as <br /> concrete aggregate. The pit run material will be removed to a 15-25' depth <br /> from a easterly facing excavations. <br /> 5. Clumps of natural grasses including blue grama, buffalo grass and western <br /> wheatgrass exist along with weedy vegetation. <br /> 6. The existing slopes vary in slope but are generally steep and hilly. The final <br /> affected slopes will be reclaimed to a condition of 4:1 or flatter. <br /> 7. Vertical pit walls will not be necessary. <br /> 8. An existing unnamed dry drainage runs along the eastern edge of the permit <br /> area and drains in a northwesterly direction. After reclamation the pit will <br /> drain toward this same drainage (as the property does currently) and <br /> ultimately to the South Fork of the Republican River to the north. <br /> 9. There are no fences or structures on or around the permit area. <br /> 10. The temporary access entry ties into Kit Carson County Road 6. <br />