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Seeding will occurring late fall or early spring (from abou~ctober 31 to April 1) in <br />order to take advantage of available soil moisture conditions during the spring. The <br />applicant holds sufficient water rights within the Gurley Ditch to provide irrigation to all <br />areas and phases of the gravel operation to enhance the revegetation effort if necessary. ~ <br />80/20 Nitrogen/Phosphate fertilizer will be applied at the time of seeding at the rate of 200 <br />ponds per acre and worked into the soil during the seed bed preparation. <br />The pit excavation will leave nearly vertical faces of approximately 32' in height, if the pit is <br />mined to planned depth, during advance. These slopes will be reduced to 4h:1 v before the <br />application of topsoil or cover material. This slope reduction will be accomplished by placing <br />refuse material along the nearly vertical face of the side walls of the pit, providing acceptable <br />slopes that will follow the advancing face at not more than 300 feet. If insufficient refuse material <br />is available, the operator will also excavate the side slopes to a 4h:1 v slope on advance. The <br />advancing face will be excavated to a 4h:ly slope as it nears the disturbance line. The operator <br />will take care not to encroach on the disturbance line during slope reduction. In Phase I, a berm <br />will be developed along the southern and western exposure of the pit during mining, this berm <br />will remain in place and will be covered with topsoil or cover material at final reclamation. <br />Phase I will expose a maximum advancing face of 1200 feet, Phase II will expose a maximum <br />advancing face of 1495 feet and Phase III will expose a maximum advancing face of 595 fee[. <br />Phase II will a expose a pit floor area of 25.3 acres, Phase II will expose a pit floor area of 32.0 <br />acres and Phase III will expose a pit floor area of 2.0 acres. <br />Phase III will expose an area for facilities and processing of 3.2 acres, Phase II will expose an area <br />for facilities and processing of 3.8 acres and Phase III will expose an area for facilities and <br />processing of 3.8 acres. <br />Any compacted side slopes and floor of the pits will be ripped before final reclamation. If the <br />underlying sandstone floor is exposed, a minimum of 2 feet of cover material will be applied <br />before final reclamation, if [he sandstone floor is not exposed, due to the presence of ground <br />water, the 2 feet of gravel material lefr in place above the ground water will remain in place as <br />cover material. The final slope of each pit will be loosened by the front-end loader and then <br />reshaped before final reclamation. <br />The access road and ditch crossings to Phase I and Phase III serve as entry onto the private land of <br />the gravel pit Owner/Operator and will remain upon completion of the operation. <br />Other reclamation tasks will include the removal of the semi portable [ruck scales and the removal <br />of the portable screening/crushing plant, [he portable storage shed, the portable diesel/electric <br />generator set, the portable fuel tank and the portable sanitation facility. <br />The operator is aware that grazing may not occur on the acreage in reclamation without prior <br />authorization from the Division, in consultation with the local Soil Conservation District. <br />These recorded rights can be found in Exhibit N -Legal Right to Enter and they aze <br />restated in Exhibit G -Water Information. <br />E-2 <br />