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- Page 6 - • completely reclaimed and revegetated. The area will eventually probably be of higher visual quality than now exists as the land can be "shaped" and will suyppxt more vegetation than now exists due to the underlying soil and a final contouring that better retains moisture. G) Land Use The permitted land use is certainly compatible with land use planning and is a productive use of the land. The area, after mining, will essentially have the same land use possibilities that now exist. No land use option, other than mining will have been eliminated. The permitted land use will have no long term negative impacts oil adjacent lands. There may be short term impacts, ie. development on adjacent lands may be slowed while the pit is in operation. However, due to the separation of developable lands to the north by the Eagle River, to the south by U.S. Highway 6 and the railroad and the very narrow border on the east and west, these impacts are probably minimal. H) Circulation/Transportation The historic access to the permit area and the proposed future • access will be via the existing access at the east end of the project. This access is at a very good location as the sight distance for both the railroad and U.S. Highway 6 is very good. As can be seen under the heading Quantitative Imformation, the highest average hourly traffic volume for 1983 occured in July and was 1. 8 vehicles per hour. Obviously, this is a minimal traffic volume. The asphalt hot plant will increase the traffic on a monthly basis when in production, but will have little impact on a daily basis. The reason for this is that paving is the last operation in road construction and typically all other hauling operations will be completed. The asphalt plant is capable of producing 150 tons per hour. At this maximum production rate, ten semi trucks with a capacity of fifteen tons each would be required. There will also be three asphalt tanker trucks per day delivering asphalt oil to the site. The asphalt plant will be used on a very limited basis as there is a very limited market in Eagle County. For example, the Lake Creek Road Project completed in 1983 was a sizeable project for Eagle County. This project required approximately 3000 tons of asphalt or about two and one-half to three days of actual production. • In reviewing the State Highway Access Code , Acceleration/Deceleration and/or turn lanes are not required. A report submitted by Leigh , Scott and Cleary, Inc. in November, 1979 also came to this same conclusion. A copy of this report is included and marked Exhibit D.