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• <br />bulldozers. After all the sand and gravel has been removed, the azea will 6e backfilled and <br />compacted using the stockpiled overburden material, the overburden from the next mining area, <br />and imported fill materials. The area will be backfilled to the approximate original site grades. <br />This will be the typical sequence of operation for the sand and gravel mining for the Phase I and <br />Phase 1l project areas. <br />Processing the sand and gravel will consist of screens and crushers located near the center of the <br />project area. Once the materials are processed, they will be stockpiled onsite or loaded into trucks <br />and trucked offsite. <br />After all sand and gravel mining has been completed, and stockpiled materials have been removed <br />from the project site, the entire project area will be regraded to reflect the final grades depicted on <br />the reclamation plan. Reclamation of the site is expected to be completed 12 years after the start of <br />sand and gravel mining operations. <br />(c) Al( water diversion and impoundment's <br />The project site is hydraulically isolated from upgradient and adjacent property surface flows. An <br />irrigation ditch located on the adjacent property to the east collects upgradient runoff and diverts it <br />to the south. Another irrigation ditch, located on the north property line, flows to the west along G <br />Road and drains into an existing catch basin located at the southeast corner of 23 Road and G <br />Road. Once the flows enter the catch basin, it is routed through a culvert pipe under G Road and <br />dump into a large drainage ditch located along the north side of G Road. <br />During the mining and reclamation process, all precipita[ion within the project site will 6e <br />collected and remain on the project site. A drainage Swale will be installed along the north, west <br />and south property lines, which will collect and divert surface flows into a new retention pond <br />located along the west property line. The retention pond has been sized in accordance with the <br />City of Grand Junction standards. <br />Other than the proposed retention pond, there will be no other surface water diversion or <br />impoundments. <br />(d) The size ojareas to be worked at arty one time; <br />During the sand and gravel mining, no more than 5 acres will be mined at any one time. <br />(e) An approximate timetable to describe the mining operation. The timetable is for the purposes of <br />establishing relationship between mining and reclamation during the di,~erent phases of the mining <br />operations. An Operator shall not be required to meet specific dates for initiation, or completion of <br />mining in a phase as may be identified in the time[able. This does not exempt an operator from <br />complying with the performance standards stated ojSection 3.1. Such timetable shall include: <br />• An estimate ojrhe periods of time which will be required jor the various stages of the <br />operation; <br />• A description of the size and location of each area to be worked during each phase; and <br />• Oarlining the sequence in which each stage or phase of the operation will be carried out <br />Sand and Gravel mining operations are anticipated [o begin in the spring or summer of 2000. <br />Mining for the sand and gravel will require approxima[ely 10 years, with each phase of the project <br />requiring five years to complete. Reclamation o(the site will be completed twelve years after the <br />start of mining operations. The addi[ional two yeah for reclamation are requested to allow time <br />to deplete all stockpiled materials and complete final site restoration work. <br />