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., <br /> <br />2.2 Project Location <br />The proposed gravel site is located near Fruita on privately owned land on the south bank and <br />adjacent to the Colorado River (Figures 1 and 2). Current land use is irrigated pasture for <br />livestock grazing operated by the Soaring Eagle Ranch. Site setting is rural and isolated from <br />surrounding residential dwellings. Gravel resources sought for development by GJ Pipe are in the <br />N'/:, Section 35; E''/x, NE'/., Section 34; T.1 N, R.2 W; Ute PM; Mesa County, Colorado. This <br />area is located on Mesa County Assessors Parcel Numbers 2697-344-00-299 and 2947-161-00- <br />061. <br />2.3 Project Activities <br />Mining and wetland mitigation is scheduled to be completed in a series of phases (Table 1) within <br />selected areas (Appendix B, MP- 1, W-1, and W-2). Site mining will proceed following <br />construction of haul road and associated mitigation required for crossing jurisdictional waterways. <br />Wetland mitigation phases will be concomitant with mining phases to avoid temporal loss of <br />wetland functions. <br />Wetland mitigation will proceed as overburden becomes available from mining areas. Mitigation <br />Phases A-G are coupled with Mining Phases I-VI as follows: I A, II B, IIUIV C&D, IIUV E&F, <br />and VI G. Mining will continue under Phases VII through IX. Project completion will involve <br />final reclamation and site monitoring to determine progress and success of constructed wetlands. <br />2-2 <br />