PERMFILE138873

• Permit No: M1989112
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/24/1999
• Doc Name: FREE USE APPLICATION AND PERMIT VEGETATIVE OR MINERAL MATERIAL
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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EXHIBIT C - MINING PLAN
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PERMIT APPLICATION IS TO HAVE
AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT, AND /OR HIS ASSIGNS, A DEPOSIT OF,
SAND, GRAVEL AND OTHER MATERIAL FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PURPOSES IN THE VICINITY OF THE REFUGE FIT N0. 1. THE
BEGINNING DATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE JANUARY, 1990.
BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAIN DEMAND FOR THIS MATERIAL, AND
THE ECONOMIC FACTORS, THIS MINE WILL PROBABLY BE WORKED
INTERMITTENTLY. IT IS THE APPLICANT'S BEST GUESS THAT THE
MINING WILL END IN THE YEAR ZOOO ACCORDING TO CURRENT
PROJECTIONS.
Z. THE TOPSOIL HAS BEEN DESTROYED IN THE EASTERN ~ OF THE
AFFECTED AREA AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RECLAMATION. THERE IS
ONLY SPARSE VEGETATION IN THE WESTERN i OF THE AFFECTED
AREA. THE OPERATOR WILL REMOVE AND STORE AN AVERAGE OF S" OF
THE SURFACE AREA INTENDED FOR DISTURBANCE. A SIGN WILL BE
POSTED THAT WILL STATE THAT THE MATERIAL IS FOR RECLAMATION
PURPOSES. ALL SOILS WILL BE STORED IN THE AREA DESIGNATED ON
EXHIBIT 'E'.
WHEN IS PRACTICAL FOR THE OPERATOR TO GRADE AND
REAPPLY THE TOPSOIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER SALVAGE HE PLANS TO
DO S0, HOWEVER, WITH THE NATURE OF THE NEED AND USE FOR
THESE MATERIALS, THERE WILL BE EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME THAT
THE EXPOSED EXCAVATIONS WILL HAVE TO REMAIN OPEN. IN THESE
INSTANCES, THE TOPSOIL WILL BE STORED IN THE AREAS
DESIGNATED ON EXHIBIT 'E'. THE OPERATOR WILL STABILIZE THE
TOPSOIL STOCKPILES BY SEEDING THEM TO PERENNIAL NATIVE
WESTERN WHEAT GRASS BROADCAST AT THE RATE OF O.5 POUNDS OF
PURE LIVE SEED PER lOOO SO. FT. OF AREA.
THE SITES SELECTED FOR STOCKPILE STORAGE WILL BE OUT OF
THE WAY OF MINE TRAFFIC, STREAM CHANNELS AND DRAINAGEWAYS.
3. THE PRIMARY PRODUCT WILL BE GRAVEL AND SAND. THESE
MATERIALS ARE OVERLAIN BY A SANDY CLAY MATERIAL THAT WILL
AVERAGE LESS THAN Z FEET IN THICKNESS. IT IS PLANNED TO USE
THIS CLAY WITH OTHER MATERIAL TO PREPARE ROAD BASE PRODUCTS.
FOR THAT REASON THERE WILL BE LITTLE, IF ANY, OVERBURDEN TO
DEAL WITH.
4. THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL DEPOSIT
MINED WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF ZS FEET ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE PIT AND AN ESTIMATED LS FEET ON THE NORTHERN PORTION.
S. THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE MINE ARE THE PIT AREA AND
THE PRODUCT/TOPSOIL AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE
AFFECTED AREA. IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THE PRODUCTS STORAGE
AREA WILL BE MINED OUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME DURING THE LIFE
OF THE MINE.