2023-01-04_PERMIT FILE - M2022013 (2)

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6,4,5 EXHIBIT ItJ--Soils and Vegetation Information A portion of in situ soils may be used in an over the shoulder method to recoil the completed banks of basin slopes or other upland areas in time. Commonly,soils will be parked in stockpiles until ready for application in a manner more fully described below. Consistent with existing zoned agricultural practices,soil from an adjacent wetland bank was approved by the City of Evans,and completed in early 2021,The City of Evans approved(refer to the Addendum at the back of this Exhibit)the placement of these soils within the floodplain of the upper North-East portion of Central Field,as shown on Exhibit C-2: Extraction Plan Map. These orphan soils are in place,seeded,and the area remains under continuing agricultural production, yet are no longer part of the area floodplain. The current extent of this 200,000t cu.yd.stockpile is represented on Exhibit L: Financial Warranty Map, This stockpile location area will also receive a portion of soils removed from planned extraction locations over other areas of Central and North-West Fields. It should be noted that a monoculture of cultivated corn occupies a majority of the planned areas of extraction, and will gradually be turned out of production through extraction. This soil may be utilized to line the resulting basins,for reclamation of affected lands above the static water level,or for market as warranted, Division Second Adequacy Comment No further response required The Extraction flan does discuss ho iv soil piles will be stabilized. It also discusses hour fertilizer can compensate for the loss of organic matter. Finally, the applicant has stated that potentially toxic or acid forming materials would not be utilized in the reclamation activities. 21) On page 14 in the second to last paragraph, the sentence that begins "Specific variations in the location of •••" should be rewritten. The structure of this sentence does not follow standard rules of grammar, and (more importantly) the meaning is not clear. Please revise this statement accordingly. Raptor Materials First Adequacy Response The paragraph segment was simply a DRAFT oversight. There is a tendency to look at lines drawn on a map in a rather precise manner. The forces of nature have laid down a valuable resource that cannot be defined with absolute precision and consequently, applications and actual conditions combined with human error and massive equipment sometimes are unable to make that pencil lined vision in ink line up with reality. Slight variations and departures in the field may occur from time to time, often to ensure safe conditions, minimize impacts, or to fulfil an obligation to maximize the recovery of the resource. Here's a better version that now clarifies this spot under Exhibit D: `Minor variations may occur in the field over time from those represented on 281Page Correspondence to the Colorado Office of Mined Land Reclamation--Reply to Rob Zuber,EPS—Adequacy Letters of 24 June and 5 August 2022,in the matter of the Two Rivers Sand,Gravel and Reservoir Project—M2022-0 U.