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ASPHALT SPE CIA LTlES CV. the current permit azea and on the amendment area, throughout the life of the mine while dewatering is occurring. Data will be maintained in the onsite office and will be forwarded to the CDMG with the annual report, as is currently being done. Groundwater monitoring will continue on the entire site as approved by both the CDMG and Adams County under the current State permit and conditional use. Exhibit H -Wildlife Information The subject property has limited game and non-game wildlife resources present. Furthermore, the property is surrounded by development, including the current Speer Mining Resource sand and gravel mine to the south and west, residences, Brighton Road to the east, and 124' Avenue to the north. Most of the amendment azea contains no native vegetation, except adjacent to the South Platte River, an azea that is not planned for any disturbances other than riverside protection consisting of rip-rap and other improvements (topsoiling and revegetation) on the bench of the high-water bank as shown on the Mine Plan Map. ASCI contacted the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) for a database search for rare or threatened species on the amendment azea and only one occurrence was revealed "near" our amendment azea. This was for the Black-Footed Ferret and one or two sightings were reported in 1999 in T2S-R66W and T1S-R66W. This location is several miles to the east of the Speer Mining Resource in the plains. Black-Footed Ferrets inhabit areas in which prairie-dog towns aze located. There aze no prairie dogs present on the amendment azea or on the current permit area. Appendix 1 contains the results from the CNHP database review. ASCI also had a review done for the need to do a habitat assessment for the Preble's Jumping Mouse. The area in which our amendment for this permit is located has been excluded from the requirements of a habitat assessment for the occurrence of the Preble's Jumping Mouse. Also contained within Appendix 1 is a letter report describing the review undertaken for the habitat assessment. The overall significance of wildlife habitat on both the current permit azea and the amendment azea will be improved with the final reclamation of the property as a water- storage reservoir. Exhibit I -Soils Information Soil types on the amendment azea aze exactly the same as those on the current permit azea. A substantial description for the soil types on the current permit azea was submitted with the first amendment application for M-1983-176 in September 2000 and will not be repeated here for the sake of redundancy. The capability classification by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service (SCS) for the soils in the amendment area, indicate that the soils aze suitable for use as reclamation topsoil for Speer Mining Resource 20 October 7, 2002 Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc. DMG Permit Amendment No. 2