2011-05-23_PERMIT FILE - M2011028 (2)

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EXHIBIT A - Legal Description The Pit boundaries are located in: That part of the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 7U and Lots 1 and 2 (Wl/2NW1/4) and the NEl/4NW1/4 of Section 18, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, N.M.P.M. and all that part of the SEl/4SE1/4 of Section 12U and the El/2NE1/4 of Section 13U, Township 34 North, Range 10 West, N.M.P.M., La Plata County, Colorado, lying and being Westerly of County Road 213. The Proposed Pit boundaries are on portions of La Plata County Parcel Nos. 590507300811,590507300815,590712400844;590712400833,590712400847, 590507300822, 590518200824, and 590518200823. Pages A-3 and A-4 of EXHIBIT A provide the Goff Engineering legal description of the proposed pit boundary, an area of 121.23 acres more or less. The main entrance to the site is located by USGS topographic map, Loma. Linda, CO, and Basin Mountain, CO, as: Latitude (1): deg 37 min 11 sec 39.59 Longitude (W): deg 107 min 52 sec 19.07 The main entrance road to the site is on CR 213, (La Posta Road) and along with the access road are on portions of La Plata County Parcel Nos. 590507300822, 590518200824 and 590518200823. The main entrance and access road are outside of the legal description provided on EXHIBIT A, Pages A-3 and A-4. A street address is not yet available from La Plata County Engineering Department. The area of the access road (affected land) is estimated to be 3.3 acres. The main entrance and access road plans submitted to the La Plata County Engineering Department show the location and are provided on EXHIBIT A, Pages A-5 and A-6. Complete Improvement Plans for the access road, entry and acceleration and deceleration lanes on CR 213 are provided in EXHIBIT C, Pages C-9 through C-36. The affected land area of the acceleration and deceleration lanes is 2.0 acres. CDOT Improvements to the intersection of River Road and Highway 550/160, and a La Plata County Road Improvement Agreement for structural sections of River Road and CR 213 are required as conditions of the Class II Land Use Permit with La Plata County. A 6" above ground waterline from a pump in a pump house at the Animas River and a 20 foot x 20 foot x 8 foot deep pond are proposed to be located on the southeastern side of CR 213 on property owned by Charles and Shirley Isgar, Parcel Nos. 590518100312, 590518200311, and 590518200313. EXHIBIT A, Page A-7 provides the location of the 6" waterline and pond in relationship to the primary mine site access road. The area affected is less than 1 acre. Animas Glacier Gravel Pit Weeminuche Construction Authority EMBIT A - Page A-1