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<br />2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AUTHORIZED WORK <br />In accordance with the terms and conditions of this Department of the Army permit, Varra <br />Companies, Inc. is granted authorization by the Secretary of the Army to excavate and place fill <br />material into 1.2 acres of waters of the United States to mine gravel. Maps and drawings are <br />attached. Issuance of this permit and the description of the project is based on documents submitted <br />in the original permit application received by the Denver Regulatory Office on 1 May 2007, and - <br />among other communications - a revised permit application dated 8 November 2007. <br />2.1. Location. This project is located between the towns of Mead and Platteville, Colorado east <br />of I-25 on Highway 66 at Weld County Road 17, within Sections 28 and 29, Township 3 North, <br />Range 67 West, Weld County, Colorado. <br />2.2. Existing Conditions. The upland areas in Section 28 have been disturbed during the, <br />process of mining gravel. Ditch F remains running the full length of the parcel. Section 29 has <br />agricultural field in one half of the parcel with wet meadows (old oxbows of the St. Vrain), the <br />Last Chance Ditch and its associated wetlands and an agricultural pond. <br />2.3. Description of Work. As a result of revised plans, the total project impacts are reduced to <br />the impacts to Ditch F (1.2 acres) with mitigation consisting of compensating for the loss by <br />creating a minimum of 1.2 in the relocated ditch.. <br />2.4. Impacts and Mitigation. The impacts are limited to irrigation ditch F and those segments <br />cut off from its hydrology.