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<br />Amore detailed description of each area within the permit boundary is as follows: <br />A- This part of the Fulton Wddlife portion of the permit azea is 27.46 acres in size. It is located <br />east of the S. Platte River, south of 104'" Avenue, north of the PSCo. right-of--way, and west <br />of the Fulton Ditch. East of the bank along the S. Platte River, 10+ acres of this parcel is <br />heavily vegetated with tree stands. The ground cover is non-irrigated grass ground cover <br />with riparian species west of the bank along the S. Platte River. It is completely within the <br />floodplain of the S. Platte River, and mostly within the floodway azea of the floodplain. There <br />are no structures on the parcel. Structures within 200' of the parcel are: periphery fencing, <br />104th Avenue (SH 44}, United Power power poles in the right-of--way, three PSCo. tower <br />structures, the Fulton Ditch, and the Spring Creek Ditch. <br />From west to east the parcel has roughly three elevation levels: the S. Platte River channel; <br />a 10'-50'+ wide north-south berm along the River; and the remaining fairly level area to the <br />Fulton Ditch. Approximately 11 acres of this parcel is within the low flow channel of the S. <br />Platte River and won't be disturbed in any manner by the mining operation. <br />B- This part of the Fulton Wildlife portion of the permit area is 29.61 acres in size. It is located <br />south of the PSCo. right-of--way, east of the S. Platte River, west of the Fulton Ditch, and <br />north of 100'" Avenue. This parcel is vegetated with isolated tree stands and non-irrigated <br />grass ground cover. As with Parcel A, this parcel is completely within the floodplain of the <br />S. Platte River and mostly within the floodway area of the floodplain. <br />The only structures on the parcel are two pipelines in three easements in the southwest corner <br />of the site. The northern most and middle easements are for two non-pressurized water <br />discharge pipes from the Fulton Ditch to the S. Platte River for water augmentation The <br />southernmost easement, farthest away from any proposed muting, is a gasoline pipeline of the <br />Sinclair Pipeline Company..A second parallel non-pressurized pipeline is also expected to be <br />installed in the near future between the gasoline pipeline and the other non-pressurized water <br />augmentation dischazge pipeline. Structures within 200' of the parcel are: the Fulton Ditch, <br />100'" Avenue, and three PSCo. tower structures. <br />From west to east the parcel has roughly three elevation levels: the S. Platte River channel; <br />a 10'-50'+ wide north-south berm along the River; and the remaining fairly level area to the <br />Fulton Ditch of which there are 1+ acres of probable jurisdictional wetlands within this area <br />proposed to be mined. Approximately 5 acres of this parcel is within the low flow channel <br />of the S. Platte River, and, except for the possible installation of a conveyor support structure <br />in this area, this area won't be disturbed in any manner by the mining operation. <br />