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Pmlws~d :lctiun. I hr Proposed :\otiun is to grant Jackson (booty a fUP to uprrnr the area as a <br />gravel I,il The proiwsed project area is approximately 75 acres The area is hounded by ttnmty <br />road ~ un the west. a I(t0 lixtl ullsrt Crom the nearest Wrstcnt :\rca Power :\dministrriGun <br />1\\`:\I' 41 power-line (centerlincl at the southeast, a section lino at the cast, and an l'.-\i' line in <br />the 11.ti1:1;4 ofscctiun'9 on the north "I'he southern boundan• is an arbitrarih delincd acreage <br />cutoff line within the \F. ' , of strtion 3? Icuuntp surveyed and nx,nuntrnted annrrsl <br />The grarcl pit would be occupied tin approximately '_ rnunths per year (or more likely Query two <br />years to once even S years) by a small dozer (I I)-''U or I)-7), a large front-rod loader. and a <br />crushing,~scrern plant 1Ccdar Rapids CR.lill typical) for material exoavation. screening <br />separation, and stockpiling Material rcnu+val Crum the stockpiles would occur annually, <br />l;oneralh~ in late sununer and Call of each year with activity from a loader and an over-the-road <br />I (t and '(t yard haul trucks <br />Topsoil would hr rentovcd and stockpiled annually, seeded fire lung-tcnn viabilih•• and used in <br />reclamation at the site ,\ model G13-t3 scraper-Loudrhaul/dump would he used fbr topsoil <br />removal and stockpiling <br />'I'hr maximum Honing vulunte would be I5.u0o cubic yards to be removed tium the site per year <br />I'hr area that would he disturbed would he limited to a S year supply at any single time, plus the <br />arw rcyuirrd tix cywpntent use and sali~ load and haulage routes. This aria would amount n+ <br />approximately 5-I(1 acres Reclamation would be required h+ li~llow disturbance taithin 2 years, <br />except fitt the limned mine and operational area, faith recuntouring, tapx+il application. and <br />mseuhng 'Chas, ahhotrgh 75 acres arc wntainexl within this analysis area, only ~-IQ acres would <br />br dislmbed at any one time <br />Permit issuance and renoaaal wuuhi hr pending environmental review and approval at the <br />Krenunling Pteld Otlicc. and pending tiune of('ulorado approval ofa mininc permit and <br />reclamation plan Current [31 \1 regulations limit fUP permits to It) years '(he area invoked in <br />this anah sis includes approxinuuely b8>.t1(Itt cubic yards of material. which, a1 the I S.lt(tft yards <br />maxinnun rcmuval per year, would amount to a Jj year pit life 1"bus, the permit area avuuld <br />accomnxniatc a lung and reliable mine life if permit renewals continued life the cnlire amount of <br />material located within the analysts aria <br />Nu :\ctiun ,1lternativr 131.\9 approval of the hl!P application Irom Jackson County would be <br />denied (irnel supplies in Jackson County would cominue to he limited lin roads and public <br />improvements in south and southwest Jackson ('Quota If the FC'P is not approved, public. roads <br />within Jackson ('ouniv would conunuc to be under-ntain4rined <br />:1ltcuutuvi•s Considered [3ut G.liminatid from looker :\uahsis :1ltcntatives were limited to <br />sites having good, developable gn+rrl resources lyutg un f31.~i minced and surlaa• estate, and <br />having public vehicuhu access (>nly one other known she in southwest Jackson ('ounty is <br />known to have met these criteria l his alternative site, about 1: miles to the titil•., aaas <br />preliminarily analyzed but resource axdlicts negated mine permitting and titnher analysis. <br />