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Issue I : Stabilization and Protection of Stockpiled Materials from Erosion <br />8. Section 34-32.5-116(4)(j) of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of <br />Construction Materials ("Act") requires reclamation plans to ensure that all surface areas <br />of the affected lands, including spoils piles, are stabilized and protected to effectively <br />control erosion. <br />9. The Applicant has agreed to create stockpiles in the West Fill Area {the area of concern) <br />with slopes no steeper than 3:1 and to seed stockpiles with temporary cover to protect <br />them against wind and water erosion. The Applicant added to its application grassed <br />screening berms 10 to 12 feet high at the edge of the permit area. These berms will have <br />4h: 1 v slopes. The local Natural Resource Conservation Service office planned the grass <br />seed mix. <br />] 0. The weight of the evidence indicates that the Applicant has complied with Section 34- <br />32.5-116(4)(j) of the Act. <br />Issue 2: Adequacy of Mining Operation and Reclamation Timetable <br />11. Construction Materials Rules 6.4.4(e), 6.4.5(2}(e) and 6.4.6 require an applicant to <br />provide estimates of the time periods required for operation and reclamation, including <br />phasing, and to provide a reclamation p]an map. <br />12. The Applicant has provided adequate estimates of the periods of time which will be <br />required for various phases of the mining operation in conformance with Construction <br />Materials Rule 6.4.4(e}. There was a concern that the Applicant had not adequately <br />described the term "concurrent reclamation" in the application, but the Applicant has <br />since clarified that it refers to the imitation of reclamation within one area while extraction <br />is beginning in a contiguous area. The Applicant has adequately described the size and <br />