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DESCRIPTION AND EXHIBITS <br />Amendment 2 (2004) Description and Exhibits <br />Description of Amendment: This amendment adds 7.76 acres to the existing permit. This acreage <br />is located on the south side of Phase 1 and cuts slightly into the meander peninsula located south of <br />Phase 1. During the planning of this amendment it was initially thought that possibly much of the <br />meander peninsula could be mined, but after analysis of the meander structure and function and <br />discussions with the Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency this project was <br />extensively scaled back. It now occurs in lands that are not jurisdictional wetland and will not impact <br />the function of the meander peninsula itself. <br />Mining of Phase 1 is adjusted slightly so the mining direction swings somewhat further south <br />to include this area and then swings back to the north to rejoin the original plan. This adjustment will <br />extend the duration of mining Phase 1 approximately six months as the area to be mined in this <br />amendment is comparatively small. <br />Reclamation will include backfilling of the excavation. This backfilling is simply a small <br />extension of the backfilling north of this area that is already planned for in the permit. The land <br />elevation will return to essentially its original. Revegetation will include a return primarily to riparian <br />forest. <br />This amendment is on an adjacent landowner's land and a mining lease has been acquired to <br />conduct this extraction. This parcel of land is of little useful value to the landowner as most of that <br />person's land is on the south side of the river which makes this land essentially an island in their <br />ownership. <br />The amendment has minimal impact on any of the factors considered in the original <br />permitting. In effect, it is little more than a small addition to the existing permit and does not require <br />the use of any mining or reclamation techniques that are not already described in the plan. This <br />amendment does not alter any of the existing, approved final land use plans for the site after mining <br />and reclamation is completed. It is an amendment primarily because it adds land to the permit and not <br />because it alters any existing reclamation plans. <br />Layout of the Amendment: As required by the rules, this amendment only provides new <br />information that adds to existing permit exhibits. If an existing permit exhibit is not changed as a <br />result of the amendment it is not provided in this document. The following list provides a description <br />of the exhibits that are changed and the ones that are not affected by this amendment. The exhibits are <br />listed in the order that they would appear in an original, new permit application. <br />Exhibit A -Legal Description: The exhibit provided here replaces the current exhibit. The new <br />exhibit adds to the existing description a quarter, quarter section description for the amended area. <br />There is also a surveyed boundary description and map included. <br />Exhibit B -Location Map: Included is a new location map that adds the new land. Although this <br />new pazcel is small and hazdly noticeable on the location map it was decided it would be best to keep <br />the location map up to date. <br />Pueblo East Pit Amendment 2 (2004) Overview Page 1 of 3 <br />