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INTRODUCTION <br />The existing 110c Moonscape Pit is located 4 miles west of Delta in Delta County, Colorado. <br />The proposed expansion area is an abandoned irrigated pasture. The site is bordered to the north <br />by a chicken farm, owned by Foster Farms LLC. To the east it is bordered by irrigated pasture <br />owned by Virgil R. Barnhart and Pineneedle Development LLC, and to the west by the <br />Moonscape pit, owned by A.J. Botti Construction and Gravel. The south side of the pit is <br />bordered by rangeland owned by A.J Botti Construction and Gravel. The property lines are <br />shown on Map C-1 and the mailing addresses of the landowners are listed in Exhibit R. The <br />Moonscape Pit to the west has been mined for gravel since 1997. The gravel reserves on the <br />existing site are nearly exhausted. <br />The topography of the site slopes gently down toward the northwest and is perched on an alluvial <br />terrace. Within the permit area, there will be an increase in disturbed area from 7.57 acres to <br />18.89 acres. There will be 2.76 acres of the permit area left undisturbed as a buffer around the <br />unnamed drainages on site. The resulting permit area will be 21.65 acres. <br />This site has historically produced and sold approximately 30,000 tons of gravel per year. The <br />gravel on site meets road base specifications without needing to be washed. The gravel deposit is <br />approximately 14.5 feet deep. The upper portion consists of loose gravel and the lower 2-3 feet <br />consists of conglomerate gravel. There are approximately 4-8 inches of topsoil and 1 foot of <br />overburden on site. <br />The permittee for this site is A.J. Botti Construction and Gravel, who is the land and primary <br />mineral rights owner. <br />The site will be reclaimed to a land use of rangeland. The topography of the reclaimed land is <br />shown on Map F. <br />Moonscape Pit, July 2009 i-1