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Various mining alternatives are shown on Exhibit C maps; however, the preferred alternative— <br /> realignment of the CCP and mining through Phases 1-5 —is detailed herein. The decision to <br /> realign the CCP is dependent on the opinions of the Central City Council. If it is decided that the <br /> CCP will not be realigned, the southern cliff face will remain intact as an extended wildlife <br /> corridor and viewshed buffer to the operation. This area is marked by a blue rectangle on Maps <br /> C-4—C-6, and F-1 and F-2. <br /> Throughout every phase of mining, the south facing and most southerly face of the permit area <br /> adjacent to the CCP will be left unmined excepting a small portion where the CCP will be <br /> realigned (detailed discussion to follow). Independent of realigning the CCP, the proposed road <br /> corridor may be used as an internal mining access road. The ridgeline buffer will serve as the <br /> WC and will include multiple new wildlife mitigation structures that include a wildlife overpass, <br /> wildlife fencing, and exit ramps (Appendix 2). The WC will remain for the full duration of the <br /> mine life and will begin as an 81-acre area as shown on Map C-2. Following Phase 2 mining, the <br /> WC will be expanded to encompass an additional 19.2 acres resulting in a final 100.2 acres of <br /> unobstructed rangeland-seeded and forested wildlife habitat. Additionally, some of the Young <br /> Ranch, LLC-held land west of the permit area in the SE 1/4 of Section 29, within Clear Creek <br /> County, will continue to be maintained as mixed forest and rangeland thus creating a combined <br /> 140+/- acre corridor for wildlife migration along CCP between mile markers 0.5 and 2.5. It <br /> should be noted that wildlife corridor outside of the proposed permit boundary is not intended to <br /> be mined or included in the permit. Wildlife mitigation structures will also be installed along the <br /> CCP north of the site entrance and along CCP mile markers 3-6. The WC, combined with <br /> wildlife maintained Young Ranch, LLC land and additional structures north and west of the <br /> active mining area, will represent extensive wildlife mitigation structures and wildlife habitat <br /> preservation along the CCP. <br /> The WC will rise to 8400-foot elevation north of and above the Parkway at its highest point and <br /> will be 7700 feet in elevation north of the parkway at its lowest point and is shown on Maps C-2 <br /> and F-1. Within the WC, a 20-40-foot-wide wildlife overpass will be installed if prompted by the <br /> realignment of the CCP. Wildlife habitat and structures are further detailed in Exhibit H: <br /> Wildlife Information and Appendix 2. The resultant WC's 86 acres contain>70 million tons of <br /> unmined metamorphic bedrock. This calculation includes mining the central portion of the <br /> Young Ranch Resource {.,• ,,��.h �_, ,,.,,,a, ,,. <br /> February 2020 D-2 <br />