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INTRDDNCTIDN <br />INTRODUCTIC]N AND OVF32VIEW: The following application describes the operation <br />• and reclamation of a new gravel pit to be located several miles southeast of <br />Pueblo, Colorado in Pueblo County. This site is owned and controlled by the <br />State of Colorado and is managed by the State Board of Land Commissioners. A <br />tiny portion of this site was operated in the past by other parties and was <br />left in a highly disturbed condition. That previous operation Cabout 5 to 7 <br />acres in extent) appears to have been operated over a considerable period of <br />time and portions of it probably predate the reclamatim law. This permit <br />includes the disturbed area of this previous operation. <br />The life of this operation is estimated to be about 30 years, but the <br />actual life will be totally dependent upon demand for the product. The pit <br />will be operated by Broderick and Gibbons, a major asphalt production and <br />paving company in Colorado with permits for many other operations throughout <br />Colorado. The company has one other pit in the Pueblo area, That pit is <br />nearly depleted and therefore the need for this new site. <br />The site is Located far from any major housing developments and is in an <br />area where the land is used mainly for grazing. By the time this operation is <br />well along, growth of Pueblo may be approaching this site thus making it ideal <br />. for supplying the needs of future construction east of the city. It is <br />possible the Land could be developed after the mining is completed, but for <br />now the proposed final land use is a return to grazing. <br />The land itself is relatively flat showing only minor relief features. <br />No trees, streams, lakes, or ponds occur in the area to be mined. Visibility <br />of the site is minimal and is at least two miles from any extensively traveled <br />highways. The vegetatim is mainly grass with minor amounts of native sub <br />shrubs (mainly Winterfat). Wildlife resources are minimal on the site. Soils <br />are generally very coarse, gravelly, and poor in quality and quantity. <br />Fbwever, what soil is present is sufficient to implement good revegetation. A <br />quasi subirrigation approach can be used in the revegetatirn as the gravel is <br />underlain by shale. <br />This application follows the format presented in the application form <br />287,3E (Rev. 07/88) which is included in the application. A table of contents <br />to the various exhibits is included. Each page has a number in the lower <br />right corner and the name of the exhibit in the upper right corner. Thus <br />• finding a particular portion is made easier to facilitate the review of <br />various exhibits. <br />Page i <br />