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EXHIBIT A - Legal Description <br />This pit was originally opened in 1982 as a 3.0 acre pit. This amendment is seeking to <br />expand the pit area to approximately 9.9 acres in the N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 14, <br />TSS, R47W of the 6th P.M., Kit Carson County, Colorado. Delineator boundary markers <br />(half-buried used car tires) have been set to mark the new pit area as shown on the map. <br />EXHIBIT B - Site Description <br />a) Ve eg tation - <br />The site is currently in native grasses and sagebrush. The soil survey <br />indicates that rangeland in Kit Carson typically supports western <br />wheatgrass, green needlegrass, and buffalograss. Rangeland north of <br />Stratton specifically is dominates by grass species such as prairie <br />sandreed, sand bluestem, switchgrass, needleandthread, and sideoats <br />grama. <br />Soil Information - <br />The Natural Resource Conservation Service soil maps show the soil as <br />being Stoneham-Kimst-Fort Collins loams with 5 to 15 percent slope. <br />Most of these soils are in rangeland. There is a topsoil depth ranging from <br />3 to 6" over the pit area. <br />b) Permanent man-made structures <br />There are no permanent man-made structures within 200 feet of the affected <br />area. <br />c) Water resources <br />The excavation will not occur within a drainage area. Aside from runoff <br />during rainfall, the excavation should not encounter any water during mining. <br />Rainfall in the area averages about 15 inches per year. The site will generally <br />not be impacted by water. The water table in the area is substantially below <br />the surface. No water will be encountered during mining efforts. <br />d) Wildlife <br />No significant amount of wildlife has been encountered during any of the <br />visits to the site. Normal species appearing at the site could be pronghorn <br />antelope, black-tailed jackrabbit, white-tailed jackrabbit, desert cottontail, <br />northern bobwhite, western meadowlark, numerous species of sparrows, <br />swallows, and other songbirds, shorebirds, raptors, mink, swift fox, striped <br />skunk, opossum, and bats. Other species could be the ring-necked pheasant,