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<br />e. an existing ranch road that crosses the southern most tip of the pit, will be used as <br />the access road. Processing equipment will consist of a trailer that contains a feed <br />hopper, primary and cone crushers, a screen deck and appropriate conveyors. <br />There will also be assorted flat and a stacking conveyor. Power is supplied from a <br />generator housed in a van. No other facilities or components are expected on site; <br />f. tonnage requirements will dictate excavated disturbance dimensions. The bottom <br />of the pi[ will be relatively level with no slope on any side greater than 3:1. <br />Stockpile dimensions will be kept to a minimum, since processed material will be <br />hauled and placed as soon as possible; <br />g. an existing ranch road will be used for an access road. No improvements [o the <br />existing road are anticipated since the road has been routinely maintained. No <br />drainage or runoff conveyance structures exist or are expected to be used; <br />h. water will be used, when needed, for dust control during processing, <br />approximately one thousand (1,000) gallons per day. The source of the water will <br />be the Las Anitnas County Road and Bridge Shop located in Trinidad Colorado; <br />i. there will be no significant effect on the hydrology and water quality in the azea. <br />There is no evidence of ground water that will be affected by the operation. The <br />site generates minimal runoff, evidenced by the annual precipitation as stated in a <br />letter (Display C) from Tony Arnhold of the Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service. If necessary, diversion ditches, berms and/or sediment basins will be <br />constructed to control surface nmoff; <br />no injury to existing water rights is expected; <br />k. if refuse and acid or toxic producing materials are exposed, excavation operations <br />will immediately cease. Exposed areas will, without delay, be buried and covered <br />with other excavated material and compacted; <br />afrer reclamation, slopes will not be steeper than 3:1 and Tony Arnhold's (Display <br />C) recommendation for revegetaion will be followed. The bottom of the pit <br />should be relatively level; <br />m. the deposit will be processed on site. A dozer, loader and/or trucks will be used to <br />push, load and haul topsoil to the topsoil stockpile. After the topsoil is relocated, <br />the dozer and loader will commence to excavate material (pit run). The loader will <br />dump the pi[ run into the hopper which feeds the crusher-screen, dumping onto <br />[he flat belt(s) that dumps onto the stacking conveyor that dumps the processed <br />material on to [he processed material stockpile. The initial extraction will start in <br />the Southwest acrd progress toward the Northeast area of the pit. After some <br />duration, the operation will be relocated to another pit. During these periods of <br />idleness, this pit needs to stay active. When processing-excavation continues, the <br />progression will again be toward the Northeast; <br />