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• (2) The entire affected area will be reclaimed as rangeland. This use was selected by the <br />landowners as being consistent with the other acreage they own adjacent to the affected <br />area. The landowners do not want any access/haul roads reclaimed, as it will provide <br />ingress and egress to the balance of their acreage, and will allow for cattle feeding and <br />round-up. <br />(a) Earthmoving in reclamation will be simple and typical of this type deposit. Mining <br />will leave a level pit floor with some differential contours to facilitate revegetation and to <br />conform more closely to the surrounding topography. A Conditional Use Permit in <br />Huerfano County File No. 02-37 was approved August 21, 2002 to mine this deposit. All <br />local issues are covered in this Conditional Use Permit. <br />(b) Post mining land use as rangeland is consistent with the land use in the vicinity. <br />The lands surrounding this site are now rangeland and it will remain rangeland. <br />(c) A description of how the Reclamation Plan will be implemented to meet each <br />applicable requirement of Section 3.1, Reclamation Performance Standards. <br />3.1.1 Establishing Post-Mining Use <br />(1) The Operator/Applicant, in consultation with the Landowners, have decided to reclaim <br />the affected area back to rangeland for a commercial cattle operation. <br />• (2) The results of this application, of which this is a part, and all of the decisions formulated <br />into it, constitute what the applicant believes is an appropriate and workable- Reclamation <br />Plan. <br />3.1.2 Reclaiming Substituted Land. <br />Reclaiming-substitute land is not a consideration of this operation. All of the affected land <br />will be reclaimed under this application, <br />3.1.3 Time Limit and Phased Reclamation <br />The operator/applicant agrees that all reclamation shall be carried to completion with all <br />reasonable diligence, and each phase shalt be completed within five (5) years from the <br />date the Operator/Applicant informs the Board or office that such phase has commenced. <br />This shall be the process for the life of the mine. <br />3.1.4 Public Use <br />The Operator/Applicant and Landowners do not propose the use of this land by the public. <br />Mining will be done by an MSHA approved contractor and the public will not be allowed <br />• on site without a company representative. After the site has been released by the Board, <br />