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= I':xrurtrr a •'T 2 4 2006 <br />. .. rn or RrUo~nat~urt, <br />_ t,',n„}~ and Safety <br />(unit'\I <br />_ i !:c ~~rn.nuc+. +~u.::r+ ,::: t. ;q,pm~nnntch ~i(+.~ acres. from which, appro~unatch• ?It- <br />- acre, wtll bc• disuuhed by nnninc upcratiunc. -Chu material ti, hr mmcd is sand.;tnne. with <br />.__ a deptl', rangntg from ~0 to hlt feet. Thc• proposed stte is located entirely wtihut the <br />cxpertcd Itnuts nt the pr++posed Glade Itcservi,ir, winch would utundart• the enlin• stte. <br />_ Thc muting proposal Is presented with a conungenrt Ih;t[ mi:ung w il! nut occur unless <br />-- ti~.r reservoir t~ a certainty. -I-his rcclamauun nlan is mtentied w pnn tde reclumauon <br />-- n:ca~ures tie the short term. with the assumption that tit the long-term the sne w al he <br />-- uudcr taalcr <br />-- } he quanv site is also located atitacent to a wetland. :1 wetlsnti plan is presented with <br />- ties proposal to prl'~l'flhe apprUpnalC pr,+1CCn„n n1Ca5lICCS dunng the itti• o; the mine. <br />• 71tc site is w itht^ the f look :uttl \'lourc• Gl:uic potcut:ai consenstiun arc;:::ca,rtlittg to the <br />-- Colorado \aturul 1letituge I'n,gram (C'i;lll') l hu aroa is charactenred he a large <br />.- s:nnlslone hoghaok that parallels l S Ilighway'_S%. :\ sandstonroulcn,p is located <br />•- behcecn'K- and the hogback. and is the urea to he ntincd under this proposal <br />• l he quarry stte will consist of an access road, the n+cl. outcrun yuan~, a fcnceei <br />_ • ~art•ations yard, tempuran crushct•- and product stncl:pilcs. Thc outcmp will he divulcd <br />into F yuam cells that arc appnsimateh_>-acres :n sac. 1'he yuurn~ pl.ut mcludcs the <br />inteN tr+ qu;ury a stngl(• cell at a time in response to concerns regarding vt.ual and <br />_ .;tvironmcnta! impact,. \iining will he pcrti,rntcd pnmurily ht hand, using afr~nt-end <br />_ loader and turl.ltft. <br />Thr Initial phase of the r-phase project will occur on the south side of the outcrop area. to <br />allow li,r the creation of a storm-w•:ucr dctrnhon pond. whit:h will sen•c to control run-ot C <br />and mtpnrvc w:ner quality throughuu: the itfc of the nttnc. The pond may or may not <br />have standing watct• at any given tune dcpendine on weather conditions. Storm walcr <br />will hr dtrccted to the detention pond by w'av ot~ a t~egetal(xl sw'alc on the cast and west <br />sides o(thc outcrop. . <br />r~:~istin}; Surface Conditions <br />Acu,nlin>r to the C\i lE'. the ~ egetation is characte-riled by Mountain mahogany shrub <br />lands on the strepc~ sloaes u•uh scatured E'onder,ua 1'tne and Rocky Mountain !uniper. <br />']'hr va!le~ vcithm the hogback is donunatcd ht' grasslands that arc somen•hat degraded by <br />the Invusiun of non-sauce species. Some wetland vegetation is present ali,ttg the w•c•stcm <br />pottion o1 the sue as a result of leakage from the \orth ['oudre Supply Canal. ~4any <br />svecdy species have beccnne escsbitshcd around the canal, probahh due to dtsturh:utce <br />rclatt~d to the ditch operation. \luch of the area to general has been either hcavil~ mined <br />ur dtstunc~d by residential development. <br />• <br />V <br />