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RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> the main U. S. 50 route. The intersection of 36th Lane and U. S. 50 has turn <br /> Ianes and traffic control. This intersection is a major intersection in this <br />• portion of the highway. <br /> The final land use selected for this land is for grazing and wildlife. <br /> This is currently most consistent with the immediately surrounding land uses <br /> and should cause no difficulties with the agricultural land to the north. <br />Essentially, the post mining land use is a return to the pre-mining land use. <br />As this land is under state ownership the Colorado Hoard of Land Commissioners <br />control its use. It is not impossible that at same time in the future this <br />land and the surrounding private lands could be developed for residential or <br />industrial purposes, but there certainly is no current intentions to do so. <br />Therefore, although development is a possibility that should be recognized, <br />selection of a development end use would be premature. <br />d2ADINC: The proposed final topography of this land is shown on the <br />Reclamation Plan Map (Exhibit F). Little change will occur in the <br />configuration of this Land, but changes in elevation on the order of B to I6 <br />feet will occur as a result of the removal of the gravel and the grading of <br />• mined areas for reclamatim. Most of the land will become slightly flatter <br />than it already is. It is currently quite flat with only minor topographic <br />relief features. <br />The topographic lines shown on the reclamation plan map indicate ,lust <br />how little change will occur. Those lines were drawn to represent the most <br />drastic conceivable changes under an assumption the gravel is actually thicker <br />than what test holes indicate. The test holes were extensively scattered over <br />the site and represented a tiny fraction of the entire site. It is well known <br />that alluvial gravel deposits can be quite variable over small distances. <br />Therefore, the reclamation contours assume high variability in thickness <br />rather than relying upon the test holes to indicate maximum depth and <br />comparatively uniform thickness. <br />Because most of the land will be essentially leveled with maximum slopes <br />in the vicinity of 25:1 to 100:1 (or even more gradual in some cases) there is <br />little need to be concerned about excessive erosion on steep slopes. <br />Page 12 <br />