PERMFILE138996

• Permit No: M1977129
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: APPLICATION FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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' EXHIBIT D(Cont'd)
' material and then stores it in stockpiles of specification
aggregate. The operation of the offsite processing plant
is covered under Colorado Department of Health, Air Pollu-
tion Division, Emission Permit No. 1520-FD-0004(1), issued
November 15, 1976, and stipulating no expiration date (see
~ Exhibit N).
Sand and gravel thicknesses vary between ten and fifteen
' feet. The material will be excavated and removed from the
affected lands by the most appropriate equipment available,
includin
but
t limit
d t
l
d
d
d
d
g
no
e
o
ozers,
oa
ers,
rags,
ump
1 trucks and conveyors.
The mining and reclamation of the SVhitewater Pi.t area
' is complex. Two mining stages will be conducted concurrently,
' one wet and one dry (see Siining 'timetable). The wet stages
! are desi
nated 0 throu
h XI
the dr
sta
es arty desi
nated
, g
g
;
y
g
g
' A through G. In addition, there are three previously-mined
areas designated X, Y and Z. These e~:cavations will be
' refilled over the life of the operation; the reclamation of
stage X will be completed in 1985. Thus, over the life of
' the
roject
areas disturbed b
minin
will alwa
s be two
p
g
y
,
y
' stages designated 0 through XI, two stages designated
A through G, and the stages designated Y and Z.
' Mining Ti!netable. Mining commenced on the affected
lands south of the Gunnison River a.s early as 1946. Early
' inin
ti
d
i
d
i
l
th
li
t
f
N
m
g was erra
c an
cons
e
ma
n
y o
o
ng.
s
po
o
' reclamation was attempted. Whitewater leased the property
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