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~~ <br />EXHIBIT B - SITE DESCRIPTION <br />~_, <br />1. THE VEGETATION AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE REFUGE <br />PIT N0. 1 AFFECTED AREA ARE DETAILED IN THE ~.$. SOIL <br />CONSERVATION SERVICE INVENTORY AND RECLAMATION <br />RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT PREPARED BY WILLIAM HILL, RANGE <br />CONSERVATIONIST FOR THE CRAIG DISTRICT FIELD OFFICE. <br />THIS REPORT IS ATTACHED AND MARKED EXHIBIT B-1. <br />2. A WILDLIFE QUESTIONNAIRE ALONG WITH MLRD EXHIBITS A, <br />B-1, C, D, AND E WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, J11 <br />INDEPENDENT AVE., GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505, IN CARE <br />OF WILLIAM ELMBLAD, REQUESTING A WILDLIFE STATEMENT FOR THE <br />REFUGE PIT N0. 1 TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE MLRD BY OCTOBER 20, <br />1989. THE COVER LETTER IS ATTACHED AND MARKED EXHIBIT B-2. <br />3. THE ONLY PERMANENT MAN-MADE STRUCTURES WITHIN ZOO FEET <br />OF THE AFFECTED AREA ARE THE EXISTING GRAVEL PIT, WITHIN THE <br />AFFECTED AREA, AND THE FENCELINE SOUTH OF IT. <br />NOTE THAT THE ACCESS ROAD BELONGS TO THE BLM AND IS USED <br />FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT PURPOSES AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE <br />EXISTING GRAVEL PIT. SEE EXHIBIT E) <br />BY ITS NATURE, THIS ROAD DOES NOT MEET THE DEFINITION <br />OF A "PERMANENT MAN-MADE STRUCTURE" AND IT IS EXEMPTED FROM <br />THE DEFINITION OF "AFFECTED LAND" UNDER RULE 1. SEE GENERAL <br />PROVISIONS 1D3(1) A, B, 8 C. <br />