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Section 780.11 (b) Continued. <br />• The light-use access road (Loadout area) <br />• The cinderblock shop building (Loadout) <br />• Bush Draw Road Crossing (Mine area) <br />See Map 48, Mine Area Monitoring Stations for the location and <br />configuration of the permanent structures and facilities. The permanent <br />facilities and their use are described in the following sections. <br />Mine Office/Shop/Warehouse Building - The existing mine building and <br />associated exterior lighting, along with the immediately surrounding <br />parking area will be utilized by Kerr or the subsequent landowner for <br />equipment storage and repair and parts and material storage in conjunction <br />with postmining grazing use of the site. Given the acreage encompassed by <br />the Kerr Mine and the distance between the mine area and existing <br />facilities on adjacent ranches, a central facility is needed for storage <br />and repair of tractors and agricultural implements, and storage of <br />equipment parts, parts for pumping installations, fencing materials, feed <br />and feed supplements, and other miscellaneous supplies. <br />By having a suitable, centrally located facility, it is reasonable to <br />expect that land use intensity and productivity can be increased over the <br />pre-mining condition through more intensive land management, possibly <br />including managed rotational grazing, dry land hay cropping, or <br />development of limited areas of irrigated pastureland. Kerr has sold both <br />the mine and Loadout sites (2003}. The buyer requested that the existing <br />shop structures in both areas be retained in conjunction with his proposed <br />future use of these properties. <br />Light-Use Entrance Road Mine Area - Kerr established a main haul road (Haul <br />Road A) from the mine entrance gate to the office/shop/warehouse facility <br />with connecting roads to the active mining areas. On cessation of active <br />mining operations, Kerr submitted and obtained DMG approval (MR-25) to <br />narrow Haul Road A consistent with proposed future use and re-designated <br />the road as a permanent light-use road. The light-use road will be utilized <br />in conjunction with the proposed postmining land use to provide continued <br />access to both the office/shop/warehouse building and general reclaimed <br />mine area. <br />TR-23 780-74a Revised Sune 2007 <br />