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Upland Gravel Pit No. 3 <br />Response to BLM Request for Additional Information <br />January 20, 2006 <br />9.) Response: Fencing is anticipated which surrounds the active excavation limits of each <br />sales contract. Fencing is proposed to be steel fence posts with two (2) strands of smooth wire <br />and warning signs (no entry /mine site) posted at intervals on perimeter fencing. A security <br />gate shall be installed on Springfield Ranch property on the proposed haul road which will be <br />closed when all Upland Gravel employees leave the extraction site. <br />Safety mitigation related to gun range activities shall take place on gun club property to insure <br />no projectiles leave the gun club property. <br />10.) Response: A 1"-200' Site Plan was supplied to BLM as part of the Conditional Use Permit <br />application to Mesa County. Significant changes to the proposed haul road route were <br />requested during the review process resulting in a B-Road connection. B Road is presently <br />being used exclusively by United Companies as a haul road from their pit. A revised 1"=200' <br />Site Plan is attached which shows the current proposed haul road route, security gate, scales, <br />etc. <br />11.) Response: Dust control mitigation during stripping of top soil and overburden shall be by <br />confining activities to non-windy days or when materials have been moistened by precipitation. <br />Stripping of top soil and overburden shall be held to a minimum needed to allow extraction of <br />the gravel resources and shall process concurrently. Dust control of the processing area <br />(crushing, screening, stockpiling, loading and haulage) shall be by sprinkling systems and water <br />trucks supplied by water piped to the processing area from Springfield Ranch property (See <br />Water Information (112) Application Exhibit G). <br />72.) Response: Truck capacity shall vary according to the vehicle. Primarily 16 ton capacity <br />end dump trucks shall be used to transport materials. However, they may at times have 10 ton <br />capacity pups attached . Semi-tractors with belly dump trailers shall also be used which have a <br />capacity of 24 ton. Colorado DOT limits gross vehicle weight to 80,000 Ibs, resulting in a <br />maximum of 48-50,000 Ibs. materials or hauling capacity. <br />-2- <br />