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4.0 PHYSICAL BACKGROUND • 4.1 Location There have been no changes in the general site location from previously approved documents; however, that information is provided in this section for ease of review. The Cresson Project area is located southwest of Pikes Peak in southern Teller County, Colorado. The center of the permit area lies approximately 2 miles southeast of Cripple Creek, Colorado and approximately 1 '/< miles north of Victor, Colorado although the permit boundary lies closer to both towns. The mine area lies entirely within the District. Public meetings were held in Cripple Creek and Victor to discuss Amendment No. 8 prior to submittal. The total acreage encompassed within the permit boundary will increase from • approximately 4,232 acres under Amendment No. 7 to approximately 5,847 acres under Amendment No. 8. Several holdings within the boundary which previously were not controlled by CC&V are now under CC&V's control. As a result, these areas are no longer excluded from the permit boundary. The permit boundary lies outside the area of planned disturbance in all cases, both as currently approved and as planned for Amendment No. 8. Exhibit A of this application contains the legal description of the permit area including those areas currently approved and those proposed as part of Amendment No. 8. The changes in permit boundary proposed as part of Amendment No. 8, as well as the currently approved areas, all lie within the District, that is, within the general azea that has been mined since the late 1 SOOs. The operations are conducted entirely onprivately- owned lands, with both the surface and minerals held in private ownership. Land ownership is presented on Drawing C-1 and listed in Exhibit O. CC&V's legal right to enter these privately-owned lands is outlined in Exhibit N. There aze small sections of • public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") and a section of state- t2