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significant deviation as the color of the sand deposit is very light buff to almost white in <br />soiree places. In winter, the color would not be so objectionable as much of the landscape, <br />even without snow cover, would change from the blend of greens and straw blonde to <br />various shades of browns and light yellows. Form will also be a more significant <br />deviation from this point of view than it is from the Photo 2 viewpoint. The straight line <br />of the eastern boundary, when the pit is fully developed, will clash slightly, but it is a <br />horizontal line like many of the other lines in the scene and that will help reduce the <br />impact. Texture from this viewpoint, at certain times of the day (mid to late morning) will <br />be a deviation, but in the afternoon the texture will largely vanish as more front lighting <br />reduces contrast and the light color washes out most of the remaining texture. On the plus <br />side, the view will be about 60 to 90 degrees to the side of a north traveling vehicle and <br />visibility will decrease to very low as the hill is descended. To a south traveling vehicle, <br />as stated before, the vehicle is already nearing the bottom of the hill by the time the view <br />east is no longer obscured by the rather high hill to the northwest of the operation and on <br />the west side of Running Creek. As the south traveling vehicle nears the top of the next <br />hill (Photo 3 location) the view of the pit area is at about 90 degrees to the left with the <br />majority of the operation requiring a look backwards at about 110 to 120 degrees from <br />straight forward. <br />Clearly the view from the Photo 3 location exhibits the highest impact with the <br />view from Photo 2 being somewhat less and the view from the east (Photo 1) is much less <br />than even Photo 2. The most significant impacts will occur in the summer when both <br />color and form will exhibit a moderate to moderately severe effect on the view from the <br />vicinity of the Photo 3 location and about a moderate effect from the Photo 2 location. <br />From Photo location 1 the impact will be minor as the west facing highwall in <br />combination with a very low angle of view will obscure most of the pit area. However, <br />the higher stockpiles will still be visible. <br />Some of the houses east of County Road 29 however, have two stories and <br />although no photos were taken from the roofs or second story windows of those homes, it <br />is apparent that two things will influence the view. First, the view angle, although slightly <br />steeper than from ground level, will not differ very much because the distance is even <br />greater than it is from the county road. Thus the increased distance will largely offset the <br />increased line of sight angle. <br />As can be seen in Photo 1, there is an almost horizontal ridge line located west of <br />County Road 21 and this ridge is fairly high. Although there are no homes on the top of <br />that ridge, if any were constructed there the view to the east would look more steeply <br />down into the Running Creek valley and the pit would be more visible than it is from <br />Miller Gravel Pit -Special Use Permit Page 21 of 26 <br />