PERMFILE44733

• Permit No: M2005061
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/7/2006
• Doc Name: PAR Response
• From: Thomas A. Logue
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

The first step of the mining process will be the removal of zero to six inches of topsoil. The topsoil will be
removed using scrapers, loaders and dump trucks and stored in stockpiles surrounding the identified
extraction area and will be used during the recamation phase of the mine. Once the topsoil has been
removed, the overburden removal process wilt begin. As was the case with the topsoil removal,
overburden will be excavated to the top of the sand and gravel resource using scrapers, loaders, and
dump trucks. Overburden will also be stockpiled adjacent to the topsoil stockpiles as well as within the
extraction area. Overburden that will not be used in the reclamation efforts described in Exhibit E and
Exhibit F will be removed from the site for use as structural fill. To prevent erosion, all of the stockpiles
adjacent to the extraction area will be hydro- seeded within 12 months of establishment at a rate of 15
bulk pounds per acre. The seed mix consists of the foNowing:
Shee Fescue 1.5 #PLS/Ac. Pubescent Wheat rass 1.0 #PLS/Ac.
Crested Wheat rass 1.5 #PLS/Ac. Orchard rass, Paiute 1.5 #PLS/Ac.
Thicks ice Wheat rass 2.0 #PLS/Ac. Winter Wheat 1.0 #PLS/Ac.
Slender Wheat rass 2.0 #PLS/Ac.
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In addition to the seed the following materials will be utilized:
Received
Material Rate/Ac.
°Biosol' Fertilizer 1100 lbs.
Fiber Mulch 2,000 lbs.
Tackifier 2001bs.
Straw Mulch a rox. 100 bales
MAR 0 7 2006
Grand Junction Field Office
Division of Minerals & Geology
Herbicides will be applied annually to control weed growth on the stockpiles, A weed control plan will be
implemented for the entire site (See Exhibit E) and will remain in effect during the entire life of the mine.
Setbacks between the mining area and the permit boundary have been maintained to protect the integrity
of the adjoining land. The sand, gravel and soil removal process will be conducted using loaders, andlor
excavators. Blasting of the resource is not necessary. Haul trucks will transport the sand and gravel
resource to a nearby crushing and screening area located within the extraction area, or the uRimate
delivery site. The crushed and screened material will then be loaded, transported and stockpiled nearby
or hauled to a construction sfte for use. Extraction of the sand and gravel resource will occur in a single
lift to a point one foot above the underlying bedrock stratum.
The total Affected Land per Rule 1.1(3) of the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction Materials, amended August, 2001 is:
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L PHASE ..
FINA
L PHASE
ACTIVITY VOLUME
C AREA
AC YEAR VOLUME
C AREA
AC YEAR
To soil Removal 17,300 14.2 1 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Overburden Removal 190 200 12.9 1 16300 1.3 9
Alive Resource Excavation 135000 8.9 7~ 25200 1.3 9.70
Resource Processin 100,000 1.0 t-8 0 0 0
Soil Stock Iles 207500 8.3 7-0 17,700 7.0 9.10
Resouroe Stock ile 50,000 8.0 1-8 0 0 0
Haul Road n.a. 0.3 to 0.3 0.3 9-10
Ancilla Activities n.a. 1.0 1-8 n.a. 1.0 9-10
Backfillln and Slo i 30,000! r. 5.0 S10 25,000 1.3 10.11
To oil Placement 4000 6.7 &10 7400 1.3 11
Seedln n.a. 6.1 8-70 n.a. 7.3 12
Rev. 03/03/06