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EXHIBIT A - Leal Description <br />The Caliche School Pit is an existing 5.4 acre pit in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of <br />Section 29, T10N, R50W of the 6th P.M., Logan County, Colorado. This application <br />proposes to expand the pit 4.1 acres to bring the total permitted area to 9.5 acres. The <br />expansion areas include adding addition property to the north, east, and a small portion to <br />the south. Delineator boundary posts currently mark the existing 5.4 acre pit and will be <br />set to mark the expanded pit areas as shown on the map. <br />EXHIBIT B - Site Description <br />a) Vegetation - <br />The site was previously rangeland. The current pit was originally opened <br />as a special operations 111 permit by Sterling Paving Company. It was <br />subsequently assumed by Clyde Couch and amended to be a 5.4 acre pit. <br />Vegetation at the site includes native grasses such as blue grama, side-oats <br />grama, little bluestem, sedge, buffalograss, and western wheatgrass. <br />Soil Information - <br />The Natural Resource Conservation Service soil maps show the soil as <br />being Dix-Altvan complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes, which primarily occupy <br />gravelly uplands in the northern part of the county. The soils consist of <br />deep, well-drained gravelly alluvial deposits. Permeability is moderate to <br />rapid. <br />b) Permanent man-made structures <br />There is one old foundation at the site. It is deteriorating and falling down. <br />The owner does not intend to maintain the old site. There are two irrigation <br />ditches (Iliff Powell Ditch and Blue Ditch) which parallel the pit to the south. <br />No mining will occur within 200 feet of those structures. <br />c) Water resources <br />The excavation will occur in an area which may encounter heavy rain. A <br />small drainage lies to the west of the site and is controlled by a small check <br />dam. It will not be impacted by the mining area. Aside from rainfall runoff, <br />the excavation should not encounter any water during mining. Rainfall in the <br />area averages about 17 to 19 inches per year. The site will generally not be <br />impacted by water. No groundwater should be encountered as the water table <br />is substantially below the surface.