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intends to address the unsightliness of the berms by revegetating the berms <br />with grassland mixes and, per Montrose County requirements, by planting <br />and irrigating trees on the berms. <br />4. The weight of the evidence demonstrates that the Applicant has met the <br />minimum requirements of Construction Materials Rules 3.1.5 and 6:4.6. <br />I. Backfi[[ing and Grading Plan with Reasonable Timetables, Consistent <br />with Good Mining and Reclamation Practices <br />1. Construction Materials Rule 3.1.5(4) requires the future operator to <br />complete grading as soon as possible after mining and to establish <br />reasonable timetables consistent with good mining and reclamation <br />practices. <br />2. The Objectors assert that the Applicant has failed to comply with <br />Construction Materials Rule 3.1.5(4). <br />3. The approved mining and reclamation plans call for concurrent <br />reclamation as soon as conditions allow. Reclamation will be concurrent <br />with mining because reclamation will begin once mining is completed in a <br />given phase while mining will continue in another phase. The Applicant <br />has submitted an operations timetable that sets forth the sequence of <br />mining and the estimated duration for each mining phase. The sixth and <br />final phase of operations will consist of completing the reclamation on all <br />prior phases. The phased mining and reclamation plans reflect final <br />reclamation of [he site within five years of termination of mining, as <br />I3 <br />