2008-02-27_PERMIT FILE - M2008010

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Mud Creek Pit -Reclamation Permit Application - 112 (C) Exhibits Page i I of 67 of a spilled substance. The buffer zones are established for a variety of reasons, including protection of drainage, preservation of Mud Creek and other stream bottomlands, wildl'rfe, neighbors, and prevention of downstream water degradation due to sedimentation. No discharge of surface water is planned. The mining is planned to prevent negative impacts on ground and surface water and to make maximum use of existing water resources in accordance with state water law, 9. Wetlands information: US Department of Interior, National Wetlands Inventory Map, Mancos quadrangle, 1998, as available on the website (httpalwetlandsfw~ er.usgs qov) identifies three wetlands within the proposed permit boundary, and eight wetlands within 500 feet of the proposed permit boundary: FIGURE G-2. WETLANDS INVENTORY MAP OF PIT AREA Scale: 1:2.1,000 . ~`. PEM4n o ,7 ~ ="'` - ,_, PA9F~T PF~f F, erra 6 5 9 10 ~`' ,, - - s~i MafR_os ~ / - PUSCtr PABF~ ~'V'j•y~~rJ :.. y » ~ e '. v _ .a, ~ 4~, A~. ~ r ~= ... PEAR PEAM~ -~..I ,. ,n .,, .. .,,~ ,~ ,. (from USGSIFWS website, 22NOV07). Note: Wetland area #2 on the maps includes an area now converted into two ponds, located off-site and upstream of most of the site. Wetland area #9 is the upper of the three ponds, and the only one in existence in the 1970s. CodeslClassifications: PABFh: Palustrine. Aquatic Bed, Semipermaently flooded, diked/impounded. PEMB: Palustrine, Emergent, Saturated. Palustrine systems are lentic wetlands. These are all common in the area. Because mining has been designed to avoid these areas, and mined areas are not the major contributors of water runoff to support these wetlands, no significant impact on wetlands is expected. MrStone Aggregates, LLC' I ~ I F.f~ 2008 ~~"WASTEI.INF., INC' 2008 PN >000.1-4(009)