2011-10-06_PERMIT FILE - M2011014

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Application for Reclamation Permit - Schmidt Site - M -201 1 -014 Exhibits P. 11 9. Final widening and construction of lower portion of access road, including final shaping and vegetation of berms and sidewalls of cut and fill sections of access road and parking /loading pad; and 10. Final placement of remaining topsoil and construction of stabilized gravel pad for house site, parking /loading, and entry to storage shelter. This proposed sequence of work is based on a number of critical assumptions: 1. Archuleta County will issue building permit for proposed storage shelter. 2. Archuleta County will determine the proposed use of the storage shelter either (a) can be done with current zoning but requires a conditional use permit, (b) requires both rezoning and a conditional use permit, or (c) no rezoning or permitting (except building permit) is required. 3. Archuleta Board of County Commissioners approves zoning and other permits. The proposed course of action if these assumptions are not met is discussed in Exhibit D, Reclamation Plan. F. Specific elements of Exhibit C requirements provided 1. The operator will comply with Rule 3. 2. (a) Estimated dates that operations will commence and end: Although it is planned to construct the improvements as quickly as possible, certain factors beyond the control of the site owner /operator may limit construction activities and delay work, so this plan is based on a four -year period, 2011-2015. It may require either less or more time to complete that part of the work necessary for this reclamation permit. Affected lands may be used [excavation and removal operations or other construction work] for less than one hundred eighty days per year 3. (bl) Estimated depth to which soil, suitable as a plant growth medium [plant growth mediums], will be salvaged for use in reclamation: Topsoil (A horizon material) averages about 3" in depth; plant growth mediums vary in depth but are at least 12" in depth. Sufficient topsoil and other plant growth mediums will be salvaged from excavated areas in sufficient quantity to place soil at least six inches deep in areas to be vegetated. Much of the excavated area, as explained below, will not have soil placed and not be vegetated, as it will be in building sites, parking /storage areas, or roads. As discussed above (Exhibit C, Item B), a total of approximately 51,000 SF will be affected, of which 42,100 is currently affected, and of which 38,000 SF will not require soil for reclamation, requiring 13,000 SF of affected land to have soil replaced and be vegetated (including the roof of the storage shelter). At a minimum of six inches of plant growth medium, this will require approximately 241 CY of soil to be salvaged of which 120 CY is salvaged from the upper 3 inches of the disturbed surface. The total area requiring topsoil will not change for the two reclamation alternatives discussed in Exhibit D. 4. (b2) Stockpiling of soil: The 241 CY of soil will be stored in one or more stockpiles placed in the excavated sides of the parking /loading pad and the house pad. Where possible, the stockpiles will also protect the excavated faces of that area. Soil to be stockpiled for less than one year will be protected by placement, compaction, and swales or storm water controls (fencing, logs, bales) at the toe of the stockpile. If soil is expected to be stockpiled for more than one year, a grass mix (annuals and reclamation mix as discussed in Exhibit D) will be seeding by broadcasting. Stockpiles will be separated from other stockpiles and from roads, drainage ways, and other activities to protect them. DALE AND ELLEN SCHMIDT, 472 Meadows Drive, Pagosa Springs, CO 81 147, (970) 946 -6262 ©201 1 WASTELINE, INC. 30 September 2011 P19