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i <br /> Connell used a 35 foot setback for the west side of the property and portions of the north and <br /> south sides. For the remaining perimeter of the property a 50 foot setback was used because of <br /> the installation of the French Drain System and the relocation of Boxelder Ditch on the east side <br /> of the property. These setbacks are labeled on Exhibit C. <br /> Methods of Mining <br /> Connell will use the same mining techniques as they presently use at Wellington Downs (Permit <br /> No. M95-035). The operation will be open pit dry mining. Well points will be installed on the <br /> property to begin dewatering operations. These will be discontinued after lining the perimeter is <br /> completed. Mitigation of groundwater impacts is discussed in Exhibit G. <br /> Dozers, scrapers, haul trucks and/or rubber tired front end loaders will be used to first remove the <br /> topsoil and overburden. They will strip enough land to keep ahead of the mining progress. The <br /> topsoil and overburden will be stockpiled on the west side of the pit or used to backfill. The <br /> same equipment will be used to mine the sand and gravel and transport it to the processing area. <br /> Depending on economics, portable field conveyors may be placed in the bottom of the pit and/or <br /> haul units will be used for transporting material to the wash plant and asphalt plant. <br /> Material for processing will be crushed, screened (sorted), and then conveyed to stockpiles. The <br /> crushing and screening facilities are portable and will be moved with the mining progress. These <br /> processing facilities will be placed in either the pit bottom or on higher ground, depending on <br /> what is more functional at the time. <br /> Some of the processed material will be washed. The washing facilities will be located on the <br /> north side of the property near the proposed site for the asphalt batch plant. Sediment ponds <br /> located adjacent to the wash plant will be used for recycling water. <br /> Description of Equipment on Site <br /> The equipment used at this operation is typical of what is used at sand and gravel mining <br /> operations. Connell will transfer the equipment from the Wellington Downs operation to this <br /> operation. The majority of the stationary equipment will be placed on the north side of the <br /> property. Connell's equipment list includes but is not limited to the following: <br /> Processing equipment <br /> -Crushers, Screens, Field Conveyors, Asphalt batch plant, Wash plant and sediment <br /> ponds. <br /> Earth moving equipment <br /> -Tractor trailers, Dozers, Front end loaders, Scrapers. <br /> Miscellaneous <br /> Dewatering pumps, Foreman trailer, Maintenance equipment, Sanitary facilities, Water <br /> trucks, Truck scale. <br />