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'~ NORDYKE PIT OVERVIEW <br />The Pit is located approximately 11 miles southeast of <br />Westcli.ffe,_Colorado._. The Pit_wil_l...be mined by-.contractor's <br />personnel for highway projects in the area. There will be <br />approximately 8" to 10" of topsoil removed and stockpiled. <br />The overburden could 6e used as borrow to construct new <br />road~~ay or could be stockpiled. There is approximately <br />250,000 tons of gravel in the Pit. <br />After the contractor has completed removing the gravel from <br />the Pit, he will replace the overburden thai was not used as <br />borrow, then he will replace. all the topsoil, evenly, over <br />the affected area of the Pit. Then the contractor will be <br />required to-fertilize, reseed~~nd~lace-~nul-ch-accordiTg-to- <br />the seeding plan submitted in the Reclamation Plan. <br />The vegetation cover of the Pit area is sparse. <br />• <br />_~ <br />