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Small stockpiles of left over specialized materials that were produced in the past are often <br /> present and are sometimes sold to customers that are looking for just that material. <br /> On occasion very large volume orders are received and in those cases separate large stockpiles <br /> of that material are created especially if a large volume is needed all at one time. In those cases,the <br /> product is created well before it is needed and it is accumulated in separate large stockpiles that are <br /> quickly removed by the customer. Thus, it is entirely possible to have large product stockpiles,well <br /> away from the plant that produced it,waiting for the customer to come and haul it away. Some <br /> contracts are established as much as a year before the material is needed but others are produced and <br /> hauled away as fast as it can be created. <br /> As the operation expands southward it eventually gets too far away from the working face and <br /> the distance raw material needs to be transported to the plant becomes so great production efficiency <br /> declines. When this happens the plant,which is portable, is moved much closer to the working face of <br /> the mining operation. This almost always happens during seasons when product demand is low and a <br /> surplus in stockpiles has been accumulated to supply customers while the relocation is occurring. <br /> However this relocation process will NOT occur with the wash plant. It will remain at the <br /> current location so long as the leased water is being provided from the Nixon Power Plant system. Of <br /> course, in the event that lease ends for some reason then another water source would need to be found <br /> or washed product simply deleted from the menu. <br /> (NOTE: some of this discussion on the wash system is already in the permit as a technical revision, <br /> but it seems appropriate to combine that directly into the mining plan.) <br /> Major Powerline Setbacks and Effects on Mining <br /> Running along the east side of the operation are 230 kv powerlines that originate at the Nixon <br /> Power Plant just south of the operation. These are major feeder lines for Colorado Springs. These <br /> lines have a limiting impact on the operation because they fall in the category of"valuable man-made <br /> structures"which mining operations need to stay at least 200 feet from unless special arrangements <br /> have been made and the owner of the structure agrees to allowing land closer than 200 feet be <br /> affected. The powerlines are covered under easement corridors established by the Colorado Springs <br /> Utilities(CSU)through agreement with Schmidt and Schmidt's parent company. CSU has special <br /> guidelines for disturbing land within the easement,but allows disturbance beyond the edge of the <br /> easement with the exception of doing something that would make the power poles unstable. <br /> Attached in Exhibit D- Supplement 1 are various documents detailing the agreements that <br /> have been made between Schmidt and CSU regarding these powerlines and then easements.It does <br /> Fountain Pit Technical Revision#3 - June 2022 M-1982-155 Mining Plan Page 18 of 22 <br />