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RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT F (CONT.) <br />overburden and topsoil. The pit will be reclaimed so that a <br />suitable grade for drainage exists. All surface runoff will be <br />directed into the existing drainages around the site. <br />All grading will be done in a manner to control erosion and to <br />protect areas outside the affected lands from slides or other <br />damage. All backfilling and grading will be completed as soon as <br />feasible after mining is completed. All refuse will be hauled away <br />or disposed of in a manner that will control unsightliness and <br />protect the drainage system from pollution. There are no acid- <br />forming or toxic materials involved in this operation. If petro- <br />leum products are stored at the site, it will be done as prescribed <br />by applicable laws. Any storage tanks will be surrounded by a <br />berm, adequate to retain any fluid spilled should a tank rupture. <br />In addition, there is adequate absorbent materials on site to <br />contain any spills that would occur outside the berms. There are <br />no drill or auger holes on the land. Maximum slopes will be within <br />the limits set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the Board and <br />will be capable of being traversed by machinery. <br />The operator does not expect prevailing hydrologic conditions <br />to be disturbed. Grand County Department of Road & Bridge will <br />comply with applicable Colorado water laws and regulations (as the <br />operator understands them) governing injury to existing water <br />rights to minimize any disturbance, which might occur to the <br />prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land and surrounding <br />area and to the quality and quantity of water in surface and <br />ground-water systems both during and after the mining operation and <br />during reclamation. The operator expects to comply with applicable <br />Federal and Colorado water quality laws and regulations. Any water <br />used in the operation of the processing plants and for dust control <br />will come from water described in WATER - EXHIBIT G. <br />No dredging takes place at this facility, there are no tempo- <br />rary siltation structures involved in this operation and no mining <br />will be done in a river or waters of the United States. A U.S. <br />Army Corps of Engineers Permit is not required for this operation <br />because there are no wetlands on the site. Settling ponds may be <br />constructed on the site to collect water from the washing operation <br />before it leaves the site. There will be no earthen dams on the <br />mined area. <br />The mining and reclamation plans consider existing wildlife <br />conditions and final reclamation will enhance the area for wildlife <br />use. The mining and reclamation plans allow for the safety and <br />protection of wildlife remaining on the mine site, at the process- <br />ing site and along all access roads to the site. In general we <br />have found there is little long term disturbance to native wildlife <br />species around gravel mining operations. The big game species tend <br />to use mining sites and newly vegetated areas after operations have <br />stopped for the day. The smaller species tend to move to undis- <br />turbed area. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has noted that <br />local flocks of Sage Grouse may use the area for leks seasonally. <br />We have experienced this problem at an existing 340 Mine to the <br />northeast of this site and feel that we have co-existed with them <br />in the past. The grouse use the open areas we create in the <br />16