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JUL-12-02 02:09 PM DOUG CONC6R 970 565 0396 P. 03 <br />'The sand and gravd resources to be mined at this Bale aro obviously bast described es the <br />Mesa day Loam, map symbol MIA mss. Only they have !teen found ro have up to 250 Inches of <br />santly. gravely alluvlel deposits (lacking slgnifiwnt humus end clay "find") In the subsoil, beneath <br />1 to 194 feet of the described •uAaee Belle. The sub-suAace soil has no slgnificartt Content oT <br />powdered ealiche. Topsoil is confined to about a TOOI to a halHOCt o1 silty day loam. MIB Msee <br />Clay Loam occurred in a small north portion of the site before k ears oomplatoly removed in prior <br />gravel e><hactlon operellona. MaA and MoB Mean Gravelly Clsy 4oam lolls are falls on the <br />mesa sideslopea over the nm of the mesa and not invdved In the proposed operation." <br />I S) Dig sage is the ptedominant vegetation on urrdislurbcd, rclativcly flat mesa-top. soil areas of <br />this site, yet it only attains an average height of up to 24 inches, and density is relatively <br />sparer, apparently due to the low moisture content of the otherwise relatively lcriile "mesa <br />clay loam" Broils. Native grasses are sparer. SCS Soil and vegetation descriptions du not list <br />an estimated carrying capacity, except that it ie in the "Capacity unit Vie-1" for unirribat~xl <br />land+. <br />]6) Apparently the shallow sloped mesa top auppons the deep-rooted hig sage due to i[,r• infa:rcnt <br />ability to reach stared moisture in the pervious gravelly subsoils at the Cxpcnse of the less <br />tolerant grasses, which cannot sustain as well during spring and early summer dry periods. <br />11) A fisted archaeological consultant, C.A.5.A., Of Cortez, CO, wag consulted concerning the <br />matter of the Shavano Cemetery. The grave sites of course enjoy a traditional protection <br />slattus, however SIiPO has no pattkular clearance or setback criterion for cress outside the <br />defined cemetery area, Montrose County land use regulntions do requve the spoeified 25- <br />I'oot setback tlnm neighboring properties. Although ownership of both the mined property <br />and of the cemctaty is with Montrose County, the County engineering stsfl'conaiders the two <br />uves to be uniquely different and honors the cemetery es a separate properiy, subject to the <br />specified sNback, Special barricades are to be employed during extraction operations w <br />avoid accidental over-tun by heavy equipment in Ihat vicinity. <br />18) Struetures within 200 feet of the affected lands have been listed and addressed In the <br />amended " l3xhibit S" per Rule 6.4.19 [as reported in items (1) and (4), above]. <br />19) Complete ownership of the Shavano Cemetery is confirmed to be Montrose County, per <br />Montrose County Book of Records. <br />Please telephone mo if further information, clarification or discussion is necessary fur <br />oonsidaralion of this app! ieatian. The required re•pubJieation, Coumy Doard ~ SCU notices, and <br />mailed mtiees an: being currently Bern, end contlrmation shall be forwarded to you under <br />separate mver whh the changes in the application form and exhibits. The properly posted notice <br />is still current. <br />Sinccrcly, <br />GEQLOGICAL STRVICF~S'~'~~~ <br />Uouglu~, Conger, ~ogis[ <br />Agent fur the Applicant <br />Attachments: Amended Amendment Applicetlon Exhibits C, D, E, O, & 9; Form <br />Ce; Orand Junction Field 0)ficc <br />101 South Third Street, Orand Junction, CO 81501 <br />