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Reclamation of Area 2 will begin when Area 1 reclamation is completed. Area 2 reclamation will proceed easterly from Area 1, along the south side of Area 2, where mining operations will be about 800 feet wide. Topsoil and overburden stripped from continuing Area 2 mining operations, east and north of initial Area 2 reclamation, will be hauled to the Area 2 reclamation work site by scrapers, and placed and spread on the pit floor to a minimum depth of two feet. Stockpiles will not be used. Overburden stripped from the north part of Area 2 and Area 3 will be placed on or neaz the lazge overburden stockpile in the northeast part f the original permit area. When mining Area 3 is completed, a minimum oftwo feet of stockpiled overburden and topsoil will be placed and spread over Area 3 by scrapers. The only buffer azea affected will be the berm placed north of the Sanchez parcel During reclamation, the berm material will be removed for nearby reclamation use and the disturbed area will be graded to the same elevation as the surrounding land and seeded with the approved seed mix. The farmer may place an access road along the buffer zone in this area when reclamation is complete. Exhibit F -Reclamation Mau. Acreage figures on the Reclamation map will be revised to 52.43 acres. As described previously, L. O. Griffith, the landowner adjacent on the west, will mine his property up to the common property line at the same elevation and slope as the reclaimed permit area. The northwest area of the existing permit should contain no reclaimed contours below the elevation of approximately 4655 feet because the contours at that elevation are over the river bluff (below the level of the pit floor) and will not be disturbed. On the Reclamation Map the north end of the haul road is dashed to show the approximate location the road will enter the pit. The access road leading to the pit floor will not terminate. The farmer will determined the location of the farming roads and river access road after reclamation. The ephemeral drainage channel will be graded flat and farmed. As mining proceeds, ephemeral flows from the drainage area will be piped across the mined area. After mining, a permanent pipeline will remain. Exhibit H -Wildlife Information. The two gullies referred to by the CDOW officer on the county Agency Review Sheet are within the original permitted area. During his site inspection, the officer apparently was looking at the entire site as one project area and didn't realize the gullies were not within the proposed expansion azea.