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<br />i <br />Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />The topsoil will be used in final reclamation as plant-growth medium for the <br />reservoir shorelines, pit-slope backfill and the replaced Lupton Bottom Ditch <br />location. Topsoil that will not be needed for revegetation will be mixed with <br />approximately 3 ft. of excavated, weathered-shale bedrock and will be used as <br />backfill for the replaced Lupton Bottom Ditch and the excavated pit slopes to <br />create an undulating shoreline. <br />Mining will continue with this methodology through six phases encompassing a <br />probable minimum of 13 years duration, but could be extended based on market <br />conditions. <br />Mining Sequence <br />Mining will proceed in six phases with the final phase being the initial location of <br />the plant site, as shown on Exhibit C. Previous to actual mining operations, the <br />initial plant site, access road, scale and scale-house/office building pad and <br />structures will be constructed. Activities will include setting up electrical power, <br />stripping of topsoil from the plant site area to create a stable equipment base for <br />the portable plants, excavation of the settling and clear-water ponds, and <br />constructing a pipeline to pipe water from the existing, large-capacity alluvial well <br />for operation water to the initial and final plant sites. <br />Phase 1 will consist of approximately 13.8 acres to the east of the initial plant site <br />and will also include development of the de-watering location for the west one- <br />half of the mining area. This phase will be mined to the east and mining-through <br />Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.112 Permit 9 99024.WD <br />L.G. Everist, Inc. December, 1999 <br />