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The pit will be mined in a wet fashion using a dragline or <br />backhoe in three phases. Mining will commence at the southeast <br />end of Phase I and work north and northwest so as to create <br />minimum impediment in the South Platte River floodplain. <br />Overburden material, topsoil, and some product material from <br />Phase I will be stockpiled separately to the east of the pit area <br />and possible on the power line easement. The stockpile will be <br />oriented with the flow direction of the river, in order to <br />prevent any change in the characteristics of the river <br />floodplain. As soon as enough working area is established, <br />reclamation will commence and proceed concurrently with mining. <br />Mined material will be hauled to the processing plant with trucks <br />or a portable conveyor system. Phase I is expected to take four <br />to seven years. In this and all phases of mining, temporary <br />small stockpile areas will also be utilized around the perimeter <br />of the mining area. <br />Phase Ii, located on the southwestern portion of the site, will <br />be mined after Phase Z. The stockplle area for this phase will <br />be north of the mine areas. Hining will commence at the <br />southwest end of this phase and proceed north and northeast. <br />Phase II is expected to take three to five years. <br />Phase Iii, located on the northwestern portion of the property, <br />will be mined last. The stockpile area for this phase will be <br />located to the northwest of the pit area. Mining will proceed <br />from the northwest to the southeast on this phase. Phase III is <br />expected to take form three to five years. In all phases, <br />topsoil wi12 be removed and stockpiled separately from <br />overburden. <br />Maximum disturbance associated with the mining is classified as <br />follows: <br />Maior Disturbance <br />Mining 5.0 <br />Stripped 3.0 <br />Topsoil Stockpiles 1.0 <br />Overburden Stockpiles 3.0 <br />Moderate Disturbance <br />Plant Site, Office, Scale House, <br />Product stockplle 14.0 <br />Access Road 1.0 <br />D-2 <br />