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The pit will continue to operate annually. The supply is undetermined, but is <br />expected to last indefinitely because of the limited usage of the pit. Mining will begin as <br />soon as all the proper permits are obtained. <br />The equipment to be used in the pit area will be a dozer, front-end loader, large <br />backhoe, scraper, and trucks. All equipment mainenance will be done at the Ensminger <br />Construction maintenance shop in Haxtun. <br />Water Resources - <br />The pit site does have the North Fork of the Frenchman Creek flow <br />through it. This is normally a dry creek, flowing only in periods of heavy <br />run-off. The creek channel itself if about 75' in width as it passes through <br />the pit area During periods of heavy rainfall, the flow will enter and <br />sweep the pit area, often depositing more material. Because the bottom of <br />the creek allows rapid percolation, water will not stand more than a few <br />days at the most The excavation will be such that ground water <br />elevations will not be encountered. No existing water rights will be <br />injured. <br />EXIIIBIT D -Reclamation Plan <br />Part of the pit area lies within the banks of the normally dry North Fork of <br />Frenchman Creek. The creek area only has a vegetative cover in dry periods. <br />Floodwaters destroy such vegetation periodically. No topsoil will be put in the creek bed <br />since it would only be washed downstream during the next heavy rainfall. The ultimate <br />footprint of the entire pit area will serve to widen the creek as it passes through the area. <br />The north and south sides of the pit will be back sloped from the bottom of the pit area to <br />the originally ground elevation at a slope no steeper than 3:1. The north and south slopes <br />will be seeded after topsoil is placed over the slope. The Haxtun Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service has been contacted for recommendations for topsoil placement, <br />cover, mulch, and seeding requirements. Their recommendation will be forwarded upon <br />receipt as part of our reclamation plan. <br />The primary reclamation plan for the pit is to allow the floodwaters of the North <br />Fork of Frenchmen Creek to smooth out and reclaim the pit, The area will essentially be <br />returned to being a dry, creek bed, which is the present state. <br />EXEIIBTT E -Maps <br />Location Map <br />USGS Quad Map <br />Site Map <br />Mining Plan Map <br />Reclamation Plan Map <br />