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<br />• Alajor Disturbance: <br />As access and operations areas have been established <br />under a previous permit, excavation under a new permit <br />can begin immediately following the dewatering of the <br />existing pit. This existing pit contains our approved <br />NPDES Discharge Point, so we plan this to be the hinge <br />point of the staged expansion of the mine. Since much <br />of the aggregate e is below the water table, water will <br />have to be pumped throughout all extraction operations. <br />Because of our plan (and commitment to Mr. Chambers) <br />to excavate the pit to the full depth of the available <br />aggregate (approximately 15') our expected annual <br />• extraction rate of 50,000 tons should open an area <br />approximately 1.3 Acres/Year and require only 60 Days <br />of operation per year. <br />The 3:1 sideslopes recommended by the Soil Conservation <br />Ser\ e will be left in tact rather than excavated vertically <br />and reconstructed with excess overburden. Leaving the <br />slopes will result in a loss of approximately 100,000 CY <br />of the available aggregate and reduce the total life <br />production of the 40.33 Acre mine to about 900,000 CY. <br />With our anticipated annual requirement of 50,000 Tons, <br />the life of the mine is expected to be 31 Years. <br /> <br />~~- - - ~__ - ....___~~__x_ ._. __.,._ _-~....~.~-i-.----- -- ~... <br />