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INTRODUCTION <br /> The proposed Blue Creek Staging Area is located 30 miles South West of Gunnison. The site, in <br /> relation to the City of Gunnison is shown in exhibit A. The staging yard and mining area is <br /> located on a 35-acre tract of land owned by B&L Land Company LLC. The site is bordered by a <br /> private landowner on the East,National Park Service on the North and the Colorado Department <br /> of Transportation on the South and West. Parcel lines obtained from Gunnison County are <br /> shown in Exhibit B. The request for the permit is for the sole intent of using the property to <br /> support the Little Blue Creek Federal Highway Project. The property is located within the <br /> project limits and will allow the strict construction schedule to be maintained. Since the property <br /> is within the project limits, thousands of truck loads of construction aggregate will be kept off of <br /> the highway, alleviating serious traffic concerns already associated with this project. The staging <br /> yard will accept material from the above project where it will be stockpiled, crushed, and sorted <br /> into project specified materials. The material will then be transported back to the site as needed. <br /> The project will require the import of additional borrow material from the property,which is <br /> noted in the mining plan. <br /> The topography within the permit area slopes gently down toward the north. The disturbed area <br /> for the Farm Road Source is 19.93 acres for the mining area and for topsoil storage. The permit <br /> boundary is shown on Map E-1 and the entire permit area is 19.93 acres. The staging area has <br /> historically been used for grazing. The property is currently accessed from the frontage road <br /> adjacent to Highway 50, included is a letter from CDOT allowing construction access for the <br /> site. The proposed mine site will use the existing road for its operations and access from the <br /> property. The trucks hauling off the property will access US 50 at the existing paved entrance, <br /> no improvements are required. <br /> The site will be reclaimed to a land use of general agriculture. The landowners wish to place <br /> poor ground into productive agricultural property at the completion of the project. The <br /> topography of the reclaimed land is shown on Map E-3 <br />