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times, mining will simply cease until the site becomes dry enough to mine <br />again. <br />i) Mining will not go into the groundwater at the site. <br />j) Since no water is to be used, there should be no injury to existing water rights. <br />k) No refuse, acid, or toxic producing materials are anticipated at the site. Other <br />mining enterprises in this part of Kit Carson County have never yielded any <br />such materials. <br />1) The finished pit will be returned to rangeland. There should be no disturbance <br />to the hydrologic balance. <br />m) Processing of the material is not anticipated at the site. <br />n) The commodities to be mined are gravel. <br />o) The mined materials will primarily be used for road building. There is little to <br />no overburden. <br />p) No explosives will be used in this operation. <br />EXHIBIT D - Reclamation Plan <br />The primary reclamation plan for the pit is to slope all areas at a slope no steeper than <br />3:1. The entire pit area will then have topsoil replaced, then be seeded according to <br />recommendations received from the Burlington Natural Resource Conservation Service. <br />a) The pit area has topsoil averaging 3" to 6" in depth. That topsoil will be <br />stockpiled and returned during the reclamation process. <br />b) Slopes no greater than 3:1 will be left in the completed pit. <br />c) The access road will be left in tact once the mining is complete. <br />d) There are no other reclamation treatments to note for this site. <br />No cost estimate for final reclamation will be prepared since this pit is operated by <br />county government.