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(b) A Comparison of the proposed post mining land use to other land use in the vicinity and to <br />adopted state and IocaI land use plans and programs. <br />As stated above, all surrounding lands are currently used as rangeland with some irrigated hay <br />pasture above and below the proposed 39.74 acre permit area. There are currently other <br />gravel extraction operations within the immediate vicinity with reclamation plans for post <br />mining use as rangeland. <br />An application for a special use conditional permit for extractive an industry has been filed <br />with the Montrose County Land Use Department for the 39.74 acres within the proposed <br />permit area. The Montrose County Board of County Commissioners, Land Use Office, and <br />Planning Commission has previously reviewed an initial application for this site. The initial <br />application was withdrawn due to litigation involving the current (original site "green gate") <br />access. <br />The planned primary site access to the southeast crossing the small creek and drainage to the <br />west has been reviewed and approved by the US,ACOE and the county engineer. The county <br />approved commercial access permit to the site at this point will be issued, according to <br />the Montrose County Engineer, after the issuance of the County Special Use Permit. A <br />Settlement Agreemedt has been reached between the parties to the litigatibn concerning <br />this access. Copies of current application, communications and previous planning documerrts <br />are contained in Exhibit M. The planned site access and haul road will remain after the <br />completion of mining and reclamation at the site as a farm road. Future land use will be for <br />rangeland. <br />(c) A description of how the Reclamation Plan will be implemented to meet each applicable <br />requirement of Rule 3: Reclamation Performance Standards -Section 3.1.1 through Section <br />3.1.5 <br />3.1.1 - Establishine Post-Minine Use: Post mine use will be for rangeland. <br />3.1.2 -Reclaiming Substituted Land: There are no previously mined lands to be substituted. <br />3.1.3 -Time Limit and Phased Reclamation: There will be a phased reclamation at the site. <br />• Phase 1 Area of 17.94 acres (west halt) <br />• Phase 2 Area of 16 acres. (east half) <br />The entire Phase l Area will be mined and reclaimed prior to moving into the Phase 2 Area. <br />Reclamation is planned [o fbllbw mining aciivities fairly closely. The mining (Phase I azea) will <br />proceed from the initial area of operations then to the southwest corner below the access road and <br />finally towards the Phase 2 area to the east above the access road. As such, the fmai bench areas <br />in the Phase I area should run along anorth/south axis along the Phase Boundary. This last bench <br />will be all that will require reclamation in the Phase 1 area as mining moves to the Phase 2 area. <br />Except for this final Phase 1 bench area, all areas of Phase i will be reclaimed prior to moving <br />mining activities into the Phase Z area. This final Phase I bench azea will be regraded, sloped and <br />reclaimed as the mining activity extends into the Phase 2 area. An approximate area of 6 acres <br />located south of the haul road will not be disturbed. This is a wetlands zone which wilt be <br />protected by silt fencing and a 50 foot buffer zone. Reclamation a[ the site will be done generally <br />"concurrent" with the active mining activities whenever possible. As mining proceeds from lift to <br />lift the "mined" upslope bench areas will be sloped and fmai graded and have topsoil placed and <br />seeded whenever possible. I[ is estimated that mining operations will possibly be conducted on the <br />site from twenty to fifty years. <br />