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The proposed site wiq be rriined in it)-acre phases. Each i0-acre phase witl <br />have a life expectancy of approximately 4 years. Phase ©ne is designated as the <br />~~ northwest 10 acres. 5ubsequeni pnases Krill proceed etockwise across the north <br />boundary with the Iasi phase designated in the southwest portion of the site. Due to <br />economic demand and weather conditions, the mine will have intermitterrt miring <br />aCivity with average processing of 1000 tans per day during peak production. <br />An aid railroad grade traverses the northeast comer of the site. Wetland <br />exists on the northeast side of the. railroad grade. Ttie wetland was delineated by RB <br />Enviranmentaf Consulting inc on August 1, 2005, The wetland delineation report is <br />prou;ded in Soils Information Exhibit I. Mining wilt actor to the southwest edge of <br />the railroad grade,. which i5 mare than loo feet from the edge of the delineated <br />wetland. <br />Rggregate stockpiles, processing plant and concrete batch plani will be <br />located in one Location throughout the mining operation. The processing area will be <br />at the north end of the entrance road trsward the west on approximately 1.5 acres. <br />The entrance-road will be 25 feet wide and approximately Boo feet [prig, This area <br />-wits be a portiaii of.the finai_phase, On site pressing ~viLl include screening, <br />crushing acrd concrete batch plant. <br />Riler DNlling acrd Exca~rating pmposc~s:to mine utilizing front-end <br />Toaders and scrapers to remove and stockpile topsoil, overburden ahd product. The <br />only salt type on the like 3s unnamed. {proposed Hartbucklej;: Croerbur~den and tgpsaiL <br />will. )}e stockpiled along ttte periirieter of coots phase,. in order to, rnititjat~ visual and <br />noise irrtpads of_the operation; ar•d in the stagfrsglprocessing area. Product material <br />will be processed and znanaged:in the production area: Loaders will scrape <br />overburden-into sixickpUes and transport aggregate ta.the production aria:. The <br />appCCant ntendS~tC; rnlne approxirriately 10 feet deep: i he tesulLang forma[ion with <br />be a depress{ont This will be a dry raining operation. explosives will not be used in <br />the tninla5 operation:. The.mi~ing. methods...avill be Cortsistetlt tltroiighoLit the life of <br />tLie miner <br />Park County operates a gravel mine on adjacent property to the west. In <br />1995, Lean ftot o€ US DepartsnenY of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation <br />Service visited the area. Accacding tx~ the report dated April 6, 1945 {attached),.soils <br />are very grauelly euen within khe top hori;ans. <br />tteciarnatian will occur subsequent to the mining operation with rectamatlan <br />proceeding in a mined out portion of a phase as the operation moves across a phase <br />and into the next phase according to the mining plan maR <br />Water diversions and impoundments wilt be constructed over Gverburden ana <br />reject material as ,required by Colorado Depaetment of Public Health and <br />Environment's YJater Quality Control Division. Rii diversionary structures are <br />temporary and will be removed during reclamation. <br />The primary carnmodity is gravel. Incidental materials, such as avertrurden or <br />reject material wil( be used during reclamation to back tilt siapec and build up the <br />excavation Hoar. Some aggregate will be used to prcduce concrete. <br />c <br />EAI <br />i1?29; 20705 <br />7 <br />