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Kiewit I Fountain Colony Pit September 6, 2022 Kiewit is the operator and permittee of the Fountain Colony Pit, which is located approximately two miles southwest of Fountain, Colorado. In 1999, the operation was acquired from the original landowner and operator, Fountain Colony Investment Co. The original application was submitted in 1987 but wasn't approved by DRMS until 1995. From 2002 to 2019, sand and gravel material was intermittently extracted at the operation. Currently,the Reclamation Permit and Plan comprises five mining phases that are accessed from an onsite, paved road that connects to South Charter Oak Ranch Road. Each phase has undergone reclamation, with Phase III and Phase IV fully reclaimed, along with portions of Phase I, Phase II, and Phase V, in accordance with the rules and regulations of DRMS. Since 1999,the operation has been subject to prior technical revisions and amendments that reflect the changes in ownership and mine phasing. A timeline of the approved Reclamation Permit and Plan for the project, as described in the Fountain Colony Pit Colorado DMG file M-1987-171 (1987), is provided in Table 1 below. Table 1—Reclamation Permit Activity for Fountain Colony Pit Year Description 1987 Original Permit Application 1995 Permit Approved by DRMS 1999 Transfer of Permit to Kiewit 2000 TR#1—Technical Revision Approved for Phase Reversal 2001 TR#2—Technical Revision Approved for Bond Increase(Concrete Structure Removal) 2001 AM#1—Permit Amendment Approved(Addition of 1.1 ac.Affected Land) 2018 TR#3—Technical Revision Approved for Weed Control Plan 2019 Temporary Cessation of Mining Activity TR#4 will reduce the permitted mining and reclamation area (affected area) by 162 acres,which will allow for entitlement for the proposed future development project to proceed with the City of Fountain, as well as removing those areas where reclamation is now complete and for which no further mining is planned. With this proposed change, and commensurate updated reclamation cost estimate, all other aspects of the Reclamation Permit and Plan will remain in effect. 2.0 PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 2.1 Location Fountain Colony Pit is located approximately two miles southwest of the City of Fountain in El Paso County, Colorado. Figure 1, Attachment A shows the Fountain Colony Pit site just south of South Charter Oak Ranch Road along the Interstate 25 in Sections 7, 18, and 17 of Township 16 South, Range 65 East of the 61h Principal Meridian. 2.2 Fountain Colony Pit Fountain Colony Pit is a temporarily inactive sand and gravel mining operation, located southwest of Fountain,Colorado.According to records from the 2022 Minerals Reclamation Permit Annual Report,the approved area of extraction covers 211 acres (141 acres have presently been disturbed by mining) of the Technical Revision#4 2 Sespe Consulting, Inc.