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<br />(C) Water Diversion and Impoundments. <br />Groundwater is one of the prime concerns to be dealt with in [his plan. The necessary well permits <br />and augmentation plans have been prepared by Steve Nguyen of Tuttle-applegate, Inc., who have <br />been retained by the applicant to prepare the plan and assist in its implementation.. These will be <br />submitted under separate cover by that firm, to be placed in Exhibit "G" -Water Information. This <br />will explain the plan in full detail. <br />(D) Size of the area to be worked at any one time. <br />As explained in Exhibit "G" -Water Information, only a dewatered 5-acre cell will be worked at any <br />one time. However, to allow for stripping, stockpiling of overburden and topsoil in preparation for <br />mining as well as reclamation, a total of fify (50) acres will be bonded and considered as affected <br />area. <br />(E) An appropriate timetable to describe the mining operation and the relationship between <br />mining and reclamation. <br />Reclamation will consist of topsoiling the buffer zone and backsloping the lake banks as required. <br />It will follow mining as closely as operationally feasible. This will be fairly simple, as the major <br />acreage will be the lake floor, which does not require any reclamation treatment. <br />(i) An estimate of the periods of time which will be required for the various stages or phases <br />of the operation: <br />Present projections are to mine one 5-acre cell per year. This will not be a staged or phased <br />operation, but will be handled on a floating bond basis. Obviously most of the cells will consist of <br />mining only, since they will be in the lake with no shoreline involved to be reclaimed. If mining is <br />limited to one 5-acre cell per year, [he proposed 300-acre lake area could last for 60 years to be <br />completed. <br />CRS34-321-1 l2(b) (VIII) of the Act states: "A timetable estimating the periods required for the <br />various stages of the mining operation -the operator shall not be required to meet the timetable, nor <br />shall the timetable be subject to independent review by the Board of office." <br />(ii) A description of the size and location of each area to be worked during each phase: <br />As stated earlier, this will not be a phased operation. Mining will occur in 5-acre cells. A total of <br />fifty (50) acres will be bonded and considered affected area which will include stripping and <br />reclamation of other parts of the acreage as mining proceeds. <br />D-2 <br />