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~` ~ i • -~ Exhibit B Pllning Plan Gardner Gravel Pit. The Gard mr Gravel Pit was originally opined by Routt Carroty (Dist. .71) a:nout19tF2V with a verbal. af;rec rent wi+,F. the land otrner, +l ilium ,a rrl nor. It. was continually operated ° by Routt Covnty 1'or the next 33 years as an open pit operation. The county equiptmm;i. vas utilized to ~r,;sh the Gravel a:,d also load the cnwrty tz'u cks and local haulers. In 197` t^~=~L•ardnar ?'it r+as lcasad ':o Nile :. x:g for a tenure of seven (7) years. He is new deceased and his widow subseo uently leased the balance of their lease to Edward Tian•inktun, dba as L'u rington Cmrtracting, FO Bor."175, Yampa, C olorado 60483• The pit has M_en developed as the prime source of pit -rvn road base material ' through out Soothe rr. Routt Cnu•;ty. The gravel pit ;.s lr, Gated atop a mountain with an access road to :rithin 500'feet of the top. The gravel a_nd rock is ushcd southerly off the nountzin side to the b.:nch and loaded on trucks by front end loaders. There ' is virtually no topsoil, hence all the material is used as gravel and terse. The north^_rn bnrder of said pit xill be mined at xbo ut a 5 to ] slope and .the Ce nth area gill be lowered as the operation progresse s. ^ventually. the affected area will be ,,,~ seeded Bach with the suRge stud grasses and shrubbery. There will bs no need for further access roads, hence the total gravel pit aroma should be no more t}an eight (8) acreas. There is no water pre se nt in the pit ~. area at any time of the year. ' 1:o record was I:ept of the amount of Travel mined it the years previous to ~ 1974. In 1978, approximate ly ~'~,000 yards of travel were ramuved. There is no stockpile. ,~ because the gravel i.^, heeled away from the load in„ area atn. ut as £ast. as it is bulldozed ~~ off the north face of the pit. The gravel v•in can be ;Dined on down to the bench area from the upper ledge as shown ou map. After this has been done, the loadin„ Le nth can b:; love rid abou+. another on hundred (100) feet. This pit can be producing for a period of rote the ten years. The entire property has a five wire fence enclosing it fmm the adjacent property own:xe,.. I~Illd game and cattle do l;raze on the unu s?[? pnrtio r.s of the property. The ,.eta ss road has a cable gate across it and there is abso utely no refuse or trash at the pit site.