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<br />EXHIBIT G - WATER INFORMATION <br />THE AFFECTED AREA IS ON A BENCH TERRACE RIDGE AT THE <br />EASTERLY BASE OF LIMESTONE RIDGE. THIS BENCH IS CUT BY DEEP <br />EPHEMERAL DRAINAGES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE <br />GRAVEL PIT SITE. IN THE PRESENT MINING OPERATION THERE HAS <br />BEEN NO INTERCEPTION OF GROUND WATER AT A DEPTH OF ZO FEET <br />BELOW THE SURFACE. THE OPERATOR WILL NOT INTERCEPT, IMPOUND, <br />COLLECT OR DIVERT ANY SURFACE OR GROUND WATER ON THE BIG <br />BURN PIT. THE OPERATOR WILL NOT DIVERT OR FILE ON ANY <br />WATER RIGHT AS A RESULT OF THIS MINING OPERATION. <br />EXHIBIT H - WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br />THE SIGNIFICANT WILDLIFE RESOURCES ON THE BIG BURN PIT <br />No. 17 INCLUDE: ELK, MULE DEER, MOUNTAIN LION AND SAGE <br />GROUSE. OTHER COMMON YEAR AROUND MAMMALS ARE: STRIPED SKUNK, <br />BADGER, WEASEL ERMINE, RACCOON, GREY FOX, PORCUPINE, DEER <br />MOUSE, RICHARDSON GROUND SQUIRRELS, WHITE TAILED JACKRABBIT, <br />COTTONTAIL RABBIT, MARMOT AND ANTELOPE. <br />MIGRANT BIRDS INCLUDE: RED TAILED HAWK, MARSH HAWK, <br />MOURNING DOVE, WESTERN BLUE BIRD, AND STARLING. YEAR AROUND <br />BIRDS INCLUDE THE GREAT HORNED OWL, BLACK BILLED MAGPIE AND <br />HOUSE SPARROW. <br />COMMON YEAR AROUND REPTILES INCLUDE WONDERING GARTER <br />SNAKE, BULL SNAKE, AND THE RATTLESNAKE. <br />THERE ARE NO THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES KNOWN TO <br />INHABIT, OR TO BE DEPENDENT UPON, THE AFFECTED AREA. <br />MOST OF MOFFAT COUNTY IS CONSIDERED TO BE CRITICAL <br />DEER, ELK AND ANTELOPE RANGE. THE COLORADO DOW AND THE BLM <br />ADMINISTER THE WILDLIFE POLICIES ON THIS LAND. <br />THE BIG BURN PIT N0. 17 WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH <br />MIGRATORY ROUTES, AND THE PERIODIC MINING ACTIVITY WILL NOT <br />HAVE A GENERAL EFFECT ON THE LOCAL WILDLIFE. <br />A WILDLIFE STATEMENT DATED 4/19/77 IS ON FILE WITH THE <br />ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR THE BIG BURN PIT N0. 17 REFLECTING <br />THAT IT HAS NO CONFLICT WITH WILDLIFE. <br />