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<br />wide and 350 feet long. The topsoil stockpile is anticipated to be approximately <br />20 to 30 feet high, 30 feet wide and 200 feet long. <br />7. Road Dimensions. The existing ranch road which leaves Routt County Road <br />Number 33A and which will access the proposed gravel pit area averages between <br />10 and 15 feet in width. The existing ranch road will be upgraded for a distance <br />of approximately 165 feet as shown on Map 3, Tellier Gravel Pit -Mine Plan Map, <br />then it will angle down the hill, cross the drainage and then run along the west <br />side of the drainage and the east side of the mine pit area. This new section of <br />road will be constructed to a width of approximately 30 to 35 feet and will be <br />adequate for the level of anticipated truck traffic associated with this proposed <br />gravel pit. No improvements to this road or construction of new roads outside of <br />these areas are planned in connection with this operation. <br />8. Water Use. It is anticipated that approximately 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water <br />will be used per day during the peak operating period during the summer months. <br />This water will be obtained from the waters collected in the dewatering pit, <br />sedimentation ponds or from the waters obtained from the Tellier Spring. <br />9. Impacts of Minino on Ground and Surface Waters. Mining of this site is not <br />anticipated to have any noticeable impacts on surface waters since there is almost <br />no surface water flowing across this site and no direct impacts are planned for any <br />areas containing any surface waters. Impacts to ground waters will occur as a <br />result of the dewatering operations which are necessary to expose and excavate <br />the gravel deposit on this site. This dewatering will initially increase the quantity <br />of waters leaving the site in the early spring when operations commence at this <br />site. Impacts of the dewatering operations on water quality are not anticipated to <br />be adverse. The anticipated dewatering trench will be constructed with two <br />designed sumps where waters will be allowed to collect in excavated depressions <br />and then discharged into the existing surface water system only once it is clear. <br />At these two sites the waters in the dewatering ditch will be pumped only after the <br />collected waters are clear of suspended sediments and/or other potential <br />pollutants. Examination of numerous other mine dewatering operations in the <br />Yampa River Valley suggest that once the water has been allowed to settle the <br />potential of increased sedimentation from these sumps is very small. <br />10. Water Riohts. Since the owner of property, Luke and Caroline Tellier also own <br />water rights for this property, it is not anticipated that there will be any injury to <br />any existing water rights as a result of this operation. Documentation of the <br />ownership of these water rights is found in records obtained from the Colorado <br />Division of Water Resources for the Tellier Spring. The location of the Tellier <br />Spring is shown on Map 2, Tellier Gravel Pit - Premining Conditions Map, Map 3, <br />Tellier Gravel Pit -Mine Plan Map, and Map 4, Tellier Gravel Pit -Reclamation Plan <br />Map. <br />7 <br />