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much of it and will make it available for plant growth. Same final <br />• drainage plans may be needed for water that accumulates on the final <br />pit bottom, but these can hardly be planned at this point <cnd would <br />depend greatly on the final land use selected. <br />Wildlife - Wildlife uses of the area are not a part of the plan, but no <br />doubt will occur. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has been consulted <br />and the plans are acceptable to them. No significant impact on <br />wildlife is expected and the eventual reclamation will he1F provide <br />some limited use by songbirds and some rodents. <br />Topsoiling - The quarry will eventually be revegetated. The soils to be <br />used as a plant growth medium will be produced on site. What little <br />topsoil has been saved will be used on critical areas. <br />In the process of mining the quarry some material is crushed <br />by equipment running back and forth over it. A ripper will be used to <br />• turn the coarse materials from greater depths to the surface where it <br />too can be crushed. Eventually, a minimum of 2 feet of mat=_rial will <br />be created on the terrace steps. Any deficiencies in this 3epth will <br />be supplemented with fines produced in processing the limestone. The <br />texture of this material will be a gravelly sandy loam and should be <br />capable of growing the planned vegetation. It will not differ greatly <br />from that soil, the Paunsaugunt Series, that originally occ~irred on <br />the site. <br />The berm will be mostly composed of fines from the processing <br />operations. This will have a texture of a sandy loam with <i slightly more <br />coarse surface to help control erosion. <br />Stockpiled topsoil will be placed on the sight reclamation <br /> <br />5-E-5 <br />