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Of the 640 acres requested in the application, only 160 acres will be affected <br />and only 120 acres will be mined. The four 40-acre areas are described as: <br />Leoal Description Operation Description <br />SW '/a of the SE '/a of Sec 24 Staging area <br />SE'/a of the SW 'k of Sec 24 Mine phase #1 <br />NE'/a of the SW '/a of Sec 24 Mine phase #2 <br />NW '/a of the SE'/a of Sec 24 Mine phase #3 <br />Each 40-acre increment will have a life expectancy of approximately 10 years. <br />The staging area will include water storage tank for dust control, loading area <br />and topsoil/overburden stock piles. The loading area will serve as product stockpile <br />and staging area for palletizing the product and loading the haul trucks. The staging <br />area will encompass approximately 5 acres. The topsoil stockpile will serve Phase 1 <br />operation's needs and provide overFlow area in the event more stockpile area is <br />needed for Phase 2 and Phase 3 operations. <br />The applicant wishes to bond 40 acres, or one phase, at a time. In each <br />phase approximately 15 acres is anticipated to be mined due to the location of the <br />targeted deposit. Prior to excavation, the applicant intends to stake or otherwise <br />physically mark the boundary of the parcel to be mined. The operation will be <br />limited to 40 acres at one time. <br />The applicant wishes to reserve the right to operate a screening or processing <br />plant. The targeted outcropping appears to be of sufficient quality to not require <br />screening or processing. In the event, however, that the quality of the reserve <br />changes to require treatment, the applicant will operate the necessary plant within <br />the staging area. <br />Overburden and topsoil will be stockpiled either within the staging area or <br />within each 40-acre bonded area. The stockpiles will be placed along the perimeter of <br />the bonded area but not adjacent to exposed ridges in order to prevent displacement <br />of material into the path of surface runoff. The placement of the stockpiles is in <br />response to the recommendations provided by the Department of Wildlife. <br />Reclamation will occur subsequent to the mining operation. Reclamation will occur in <br />a mined out portion of a phase as the operation moves across a phase and into the <br />next phase according to the mining plan map. No more than 40 acres will be <br />affected at any one time. <br />Ranch Land, LLC proposes to mine utilizing front-end loaders to remove and <br />stockpile topsoil, overburden and product. Surface material will be removed to <br />expose the Dakota and Codell deposits. All surface material will be stockpiled within <br />the staging area or 40-acre bonded area for later use in reclamation. Loaders will <br />scrape any overburden into stockpiles and loosen the product material. The product <br />will be transported to the staging area in small trucks such as bobtails or the <br />equivalent. This will be a dry mining operation. The mining methods will be <br />consistent throughout the life of the mine. <br />Water diversions and impoundments will be rnnstruded as required by <br />Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Water Quality Control <br />Division. When deemed necessary, storm water diversions will be constructed of <br />overburden. Diversionary berms will be constructed to deter storm water from <br />