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BUCKLEN EQUIPMENT CO <br />BUCKLEN EQUIPMENT CO PIT - ID# M- 1982 -131 Technical Revision <br />area will be dewatered. Topsoil will be stripped and stockpiled along the south boundary of the <br />property. Overburden will be saved in sufficient quantities for reclamation but will also be a <br />saleable material. Only enough material necessary for reclaiming shorelines, etc. will remain on <br />the property. <br />Mining in an adjacent pit is being done with a dewatering trench and pump and has not impacted <br />well owners in the area. The majority of the property owners in the area are supplied water <br />through the City of Greeley. The Poudre River serves as a hydrologic barrier to the north and thus <br />prevents drawdown in this direction. <br />There are approximately 30 to 40 feet of sand and gravel in the deposit. Underlying this deposit is <br />a silty clay layer that is not considered to be bedrock. The stratum directly beneath the valley fill <br />deposit is a clay layer that is moderately soft. It is not typical of the blue shale bedrock normally <br />found in pits along the front range. In some areas of Greeley, mining has been continued through <br />this layer to lower deposits of gravel that are claimed to continue down to depths as great as 100 <br />feet. <br />The disturbance associated with the project is as follows: <br />TABLE OF DISTURBANCE <br />Major Disturbance <br />Excavated Area for Mining 3.0 acres <br />Overburden Stockpiles 0.28 acres <br />Topsoil Stockpiles 0.28 acres <br />Moderate Disturbance <br />Backfilled Shoreline <br />1.12 acres <br />Overburden Leveling <br />0.56 acres <br />Topsoiled Areas <br />0.56 acres <br />Settling Ponds <br />0.22 acres <br />Product Stockpiles & Processing Plant <br />11.4 acres <br />Minor Disturbance <br />Regraded for Planting <br />Reseeded and Vegetated <br />TOTAL DISTURBED AREA <br />14.62 acres <br />1.12 acres <br />33.16 ACRES <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />