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local law (Garfield County Zoning Regulations) is shown on Figure <br />• 3.1-9. This land use includes areas of grazing land (with wildlif <br />habitat as a secondary use), developed water resources, large ar as <br />of steep mountain shrub considered undeveloped land, small am nts <br />of residential land use and two areas cropped for hay. Thes same <br />land uses surround the Permit Area. Previous mining dist rbance <br />exists within and around the Permit Area and is shown pn/ Figure <br />3.1-3. / <br />• <br />L~ <br />The landowners within the Permit Area have indicated their pre- <br />ference that post-mining land use should return to~he same class- <br />ification that was existing before the current ,mining activity. <br />It is NCIG's intention to honor this preference and to restore and <br />i <br />in some cases improve the level of usefulness of the land, as a <br />resources within the P <br />mining activity will b,E <br />plan will comply wi <br />lands. <br />result of the mining and reclamation process. <br />The reclamation plan (Section 4.9) all~~for the restoration of <br />grades, replacement of topsoil, revegetation with appropriate <br />species, stabilization of the land siy~face, and control of erosion. <br />Selected access roads will be left ~n their improved state (Figure <br />i <br />4.2-3). Restored grazing lands will provide suitable species for <br />livestock forage and support o~ wildlife. Undeveloped lands will <br />be reclaimed and allowed t'/o return to their natural state. <br />Cropland will be restored and placed back into production. <br />Displaced residential lan use will be restored to housing of a <br />similar character that exists in the surrounding area. Water <br />NCIG - Coal Ridge #1 <br />mit Area which may have been disturbed by <br />restored. In all cases, NCIG's reclamation <br />the stated intention of restoring affected <br />4-73 <br />ABC/1145/910509 <br />iR-7 <br />