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Section 780.11(bl Continued. <br />Mine Office/Shop/Warehouse Building -The existing office/shop/warehouse building <br />and associated exterior lighting, along with the immediately surrounding parking areas, <br />will be utilized by Kerr or a subsequent landowner for equipment storage and repair <br />and parts and material storage in conjunction with postmining grazing use of the site. <br />Given the acreage encompassed by the Kerr Mine and the distance between the mine <br />area and existing facilities on adjacent ranches, a central facility is needed for storage <br />and repair of tractors and agricultural implements, and storage of equipment parts, <br />parts for pumping installations, fencing materials, feed and feed supplements, and <br />other miscellaneous supplies. <br />By having a suitable, centrally located facility, it is reasonable to expect that land use <br />intensity and productivity can be increased over the premining condition through more <br />intensive land management, possibly including managed rotational grazing, dryland hay <br />cropping, or development of limited areas of irrigated pastureland. Kerr has negotiated <br />with and received earnest money from a prospective buyer for both the mine and <br />loadout areas. The prospective buyer has requested that the existing shop structures <br />in both the mine and loadout areas be retained in conjunction with his proposed future <br />use of these properties. <br />Light-Use Entrance Road (Mine Area) -Kerr established a main haul road, Haul Road <br />A, from the mine entrance gate to the office/shop/warehouse facility, with connecting <br />roads to the active mining areas. On cessation of active mining operations, Kerr <br />submitted and obtained DMG approval of a Minor Revision, MR-25, to narrow Haul <br />Road A consistent with proposed future use and redesignate the road as a permanent <br />light-use road. The light-use road will be utilized in conjunction with the proposed <br />postmining land use to provide continued access to both the office/shop/warehouse <br />building and general reclaimed mine area. <br />Sedimentation Ponds A, B, D, and E - As described in Sections 780.11, 780.25, and <br />816.46, Sedimentation Ponds A, B, D, and E will be retained in conjunction with the <br />proposed postmining land use as permanent impoundments to provide watering <br />sources for livestock and wildlife and as a beneficial habitat component relative to <br />wildlife reestablishment and use. <br />TR-19 816-168a Revised 11/98 <br /> <br />