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• <br />Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Wetlands <br />Based upon a field visit and assessment report performed by Savage and <br />Savage (a copy of which is contained within Exhibit H and previously referenced <br />in that Exhibit), this section summarizes the results of that preliminary wetlands <br />assessment for the proposed Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine. <br />Photos taken during an initial site visit, to show land usage and the current type <br />of vegetation and agricultural practices on the site, are numbered and located as <br />to direction of view on the aerial photo. Photo 1 shows the man-made Lupton <br />Bottom Ditch located on the property looking to the north property line. The ditch <br />runs roughly from the south end of the property directly north. During the mining <br />operation, the current ditch will be temporarily relocated, mined-through and <br />reconstructed. Wetlands located along the ditch are to be removed in the <br />process with a total wetland disturbance of slightly less than one acre. <br />Reclamation of the property will include the reconstruction of a new, concrete- <br />lined Lupton Bottom Ditch. The reconstructed ditch will not contain replanted <br />wetlands. The operator will instead seed approximately 6 acres along the entire <br />perimeter of the two reservoirs with a wetland grass mix and wetland vegetation <br />will naturally invade and establish itself to more than make-up for those wetlands <br />lost along the ditch. The operator intends to obtain a 404 Permit from the U.S. <br />Army Corps of Engineers, if necessary, based on the exact acreage of wetland <br />disturbance, prior to disturbing the current ditch alignment. <br />Ft Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.112 Permit 35 99024.WD <br />L.G. Everist, Inc. December, 1999 <br />