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used principally for agricultural and some residences. During <br />construction and operation of the Grand Valley facilities, about <br />80 acres of land will be removed from agricultural and residential <br />use and converted to industrial purposes. The area is now predomi- <br />nantly used for livestock grazing and is similar to hundreds of <br />acres in western Colorado. Removal of the land from agricultural <br />and residential use will not represent a signficant change in <br />overall agricultural land use of the area. <br />POST-MINING LAND USE <br />The pre-mining land use of the Dow West property is predominantly <br />livestock grazing and big game habitat. It is Colony's desire <br />to reclaim disturbed areas to a self-sustaining landscape which <br />provides habitat and forage for domestic livestock and wildlife. <br />Shrubland meadow plant cover was selected for the post-mining <br />disturbed areas on the Dow West property because of the pre-mining <br />conditions. This plant cover will provide grazing for livestock <br />as well as develop cover, food and nesting areas for wildlife. <br />The surrounding heavily shrubbed areas and random patches of <br />planted shrubs on the reclaimed surface will provide adequate <br />edge effect to insure a diverse wildlife habitat. <br />The slopes of the disposal embankments will be approximately 3:1 <br />maximum. The disposal pile is designed to prevent pollution of <br />water resources from subsurface flow and runoff (See Exhibit D). <br />Intensive agricultural activities, involving plowing or other <br />types of surface disturbances on the reclaimed disposal areas, <br />could result in loss of the protective covering which would expose <br />the waste to weathering and result in leachate formation. For <br />this reason, the disposal area will not be reclaimed for intensive <br />agricultural use. <br /> <br />E-8 <br />