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8 Moffat County Impacts and Environmental Impacts <br />The current mining operation is planned on a site which is zoned Open by Moffat County, a <br />zoning type which includes the extraction of natural resources under a conditional use permit. <br />The major surrounding uses of the site are also mining. A special use permit with Moffat County <br />is required for this project. As per county regulations, all other permits will be in place before the <br />county permit is issued. <br />The average total annual production is given as 125,000 tons per year. Occasional big jobs such <br />as a large highway repaving project, etc., may exceed these averages but other periods of low <br />demand will see less activity, so the average is appropriate for estimating long-term truck traffic. <br />Using this amount, the site will average 10,416 tons per month. Assuming there will be activity <br />25 days per month, this is 417 tons per day. Using 10 hours per day, this is 42 tons per hour. <br />With 14 ton capacity trucks, this is 2.97 trucks per hour. Maximum truck traffic is expected to be <br />3-4 trucks per hour. All trucks will be covered and water and/or magnesium chloride will be <br />applied to the site access road as needed to keep dust down. With the completion of mining at <br />Bunn Ranch, there will be no noticeable change in truck traffic out of the site. <br />As described in the Exhibit G: Part 1, the hydrological system will detain sediment. The <br />Gehrman Pit will be reclaimed to wildlife habitat and a recreational lake. Elam will work closely <br />with Division of Wildlife, the County, the landowners and the DRMS to ensure that the <br />reclamation plan is the best possible for achieving the post-mining land use. <br />Portable sanitation facilities will be provided to all workers at the mine site. The waste will be <br />taken off site for treatment in an approved facility. There will be no leach fields or other means <br />of sewage disposal. There will be no new demands on Moffat County services from the <br />additional extraction areas. <br />Gehrman Pit October 09 D-7