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• 10. Legal description: <br />The complete legal description is in the existing Hogue River Pit 112c Regular Operation <br />Permit application, Exhibit A. The general location is parcels of land in Sections 4 and 9, <br />Township 6 North, Range 85 west of the 6 h principal meridian, County of Routt, State of <br />Colorado. <br />11. Acres permitted: <br />This Application is request to permit additional parcels of land through an amendment to <br />an existingl 12c Regular Operations permit (the existing Hogue River Pit Permit) for an <br />open pit mineral extraction and construction aggregates processing facilities. The Hogue <br />River Pit expansion will add approximately 11.7 acres to the existing 51.0 acres for a <br />combined total of approximately 62.7 acres. The Hogue River Pit is being mined so that <br />the proposed reclaimed slopes are created during the final stage of material removal. <br />(The exception are the shallow areas shown on the Reclamation Plan Map that will be <br />reclaimed to wetlands and will extend out, into the mined out pit area. These areas will <br />require backfilling with overburden, processing waste and topsoiled as appropriate.) <br />12. Acres affected: <br />0 The expansion area will be one phase of approximately 10.7 acres. <br />13. Estimated life of the operation: <br />The estimated life of the Operation is difficult to predict. However, if the market demand <br />for the product is as in past years, the mine could be expected to be in operation for 4.6 - <br />9.2 years. This estimate may vary due to market demand and therefore the Operation <br />could run longer. <br />14. Mine site access: <br />The mine site has one existing point of egress and ingress. The Operation makes access <br />directly with US 6 & 40. Routt County access permit and a Colorado Department of <br />Transportation (CDOT) access permit have been obtained for the existing Hogue River <br />Pit Permit. In addition, the Operation has approval to cross the railroad right of way. <br />The reason or purpose for this Amendment Application is to extend the life of the Operation and <br />allow for the mining of sand and gravel on HRLP land. This land is a good source for <br />construction material for Routt County. This project will not substantially modify the intent and <br />purpose or spirit of the land use policy that is currently in effect, and will return the area to a <br />pond suitable as wildlife habitat and potential home sites upon completion of mining and <br />. reclamation. This post mining use is what is approved for the existing operation. <br />4