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Exhibit B <br />Site Location and Quarry Area Description <br />Site Description <br />The Circle Dot Gulch Area is located in Garfield County, northwest of the town of Parachute, <br />Colorado (see Figure 1). The Piceance Area will be located in the east half of Lot 23 and the <br />west half of Lot 24, Section 1, Township 6 South, Range 97 West (see Exhibit A). The total area <br />of the project site is about 10 acres. The total area of disturbance is currently estimated at 9.944 <br />acres. The quarry will be constructed using conventional cut and fill earthmoving techniques. <br />Soil Information <br />The surface elevation of the Circle Dot Quarry Area ranges from approximately 8230 ft. to 8250 <br />ft. According to the USGS, the soil in the area consists of the Northwater-Adel complex, <br />Parachute-Irigul-Rhone association, and Parachute-Rhone loams. Slopes vary from 5-50 percent <br />in the area. Runoff characteristics of the soils in the area are medium to rapid, and the erosion <br />potential is moderate to very severe. Depth to bedrock varies from 36 inches to more than 180 <br />inches. Soils vary from shallow to deep, and most are well-drained. Permeability for all soils is <br />moderate. <br />Soil <br /> <br />Map <br />Soil Unit <br />Slope <br />Ecological Site <br />Permeability <br />y <br />Runoff Erosion <br /> <br />Potential Bedrock <br />Depth <br />Unit Name (%) (in) <br /> <br />Northwater- Quaking Aspen, <br />Engelmann's <br />Medium Severe to <br /> <br />60+ <br />52 Adel 5-50 Spruce/Subalpine Moderate or rapid very <br /> complex <br />Fir severe <br /> <br />56 Paruchute- <br />Irigul-Rhone <br />25-50 Brushy Loam and <br />Moderate <br />Rapid Very <br />evere <br />13-55 <br /> Loamy Slopes s <br /> association <br /> Parachute- Medium Moderate <br />50 <br />59 Rhone 5-30 Moderate or rapid to high <br /> Ioams <br />Possible receiving waters include Circle Dot Gulch, Sheep Kill Gulch, Red Gulch, West Fork, <br />Parachute Creek and the ultimate receiving water is the Colorado River. <br />Existing Vegetation <br />ge for the <br />Vegetation species in the Piceance Area vary significan tly due to the wide elevation ran <br />area. The USGS reports that vegetation in the Piceance Area consists of mainly quaking aspen, <br />shrubs and grasses. Tree species include Quaking Aspen, Engelmann's Spruce and Subalpine <br />Fir. Shrub and grass species consist of elk sedge, grouse whortleberry, hearleaf arnica, silvery <br />lupine, mountain big sagebrush, rabbit brush, slender wheatgrass, western wheatgrass, nodding <br />brome, Columbia needlegrass, mountain snowberry, blue wildrye, and Arizona fescue. <br />E07147 PAGE 3 OF 16 CORDILLERAN COMPLIANCE SERVICES, INC <br />CIRCLE DOT QUARRY GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO