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(b) A Comparison of the proposed post mining land use to other land use in [he vicinity and Io adopted state and local land use plans and programs. As stated above, all surrounding lands are currently used as rangeland with some irtigated hay pasture above and below the proposed 39.74 acre permit area. There are currently other gravel extraction operations within the immediate vicinity with reclamation plans for post mining use as rangeland. An application for a special use conditional permit for extractive an industry has been filed with the Montrose County Land Use Department for [he 39.74 acres within [he proposed permit area. The Montrose County Board of County Commissioners, Land Use Office, and Planning Commission has previously reviewed an initial application for this site. The initial application was withdrawn due to litigation involving the curtent (original site "green gate") access. The planned primary site access to the northwest is wholly contained within the applicant's property. rangeland. (c) A description of how the Reclamation Pian will be implemented to meet each applicable requirement of Rule 3: Reclamation Performance Standards -Section 3 1.1 through Section 3.1.5 3.1.1 -Establishing Post-Mining Use' Post mine use will be for rangeland. 3.1.2 -Reclaiming Substituted Land: There are no previously mined lands to be substituted. 3.1.3 -Time Limit and Phased Reclamation: There wilt be a phased reclamation at [he site. • Phase I Area of 17.94 acres (west half) • Phase 2 Area of I b acres. (east half) The entire Phase i Area will be mined and reclaimed prior to moving into the Phase 2 Area. Reclamation is plamted [o follow mining activities fairly closely. The mining (Phase I area) will proceed from the initial area of operations [hen to the southwest comer below [he access road and finally towards the Phase 2 area [o [he east above the access road. As such, the f+nal bench areas in [he Phase I area should run along anorth/south axis along the Phase Boundary. This last bench will be all that will require reclamation in the Phase i area as mining moves to [he Phase 2 area. Except for this final Phase I bench area, all areas of Phase 1 will be reclaimed prior to moving mining activities into the Phase 2 area. This final Phase 1 bench area will be regraded, sloped and reclaimed as the mining activity extends into the Phase 2 area. An approximate area of 6 acres located south of the haul road will not be disturbed. This is a wetlands zone which will be protected by silt fencing and a ?0 foot buffer zone. Reclamation at the site will be done generally "eoncurrenP' with the active mining activities whenever possible. As mining proceeds from lift to lift the "mined" upslope bench areas will be sloped and final graded and have topsoil piac,ed and seeded whenever possible. It is estimated that mining operations will possibly be conducted on the site from twenty to fifty years.