PHASING
<br />THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT CALLS FOR EXCAVATION IN THE AREA AT THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY, AS INDICATED ON THE EXTRACTION PLAN,
<br />SHEET 8. THE.DEPTH OF GRAVEL HERE IS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. THIS FIRST PHASE CALLS FOR A PIT COVERING AK AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8 SUR-
<br />FACE ACRES. THE TOPSOIL AND OVEREURDEN FROM THIS AREA WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN OTHER AREAS FOR RECLAMATION USE. PHASE 2 IS PROPOSED FOR
<br />THE AREA IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF PHASE I. GRAVEL DEPTHS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. PHASE 3 CONTINUES IN A SOUTH-
<br />ERLY DIRECTION, WITH WASTE GRAVEL BEING USED TO FILL PHASE I AND TOPSOIL FROM PHASE 2 BEING USED TO RECLAIM PHASE I. PHASE 4 CONTINUES
<br />TO THE SOUTH. GRAVEL DEPTHS HERE RUN APPROXIMATELY. 25 FEET. PHASE 3 I PROPOSED TO JOIN PHASE 2 WITH ITS WASTE PRODUCTS AND TOPSOIL
<br />BEING USED FOR RECLAMATION. PHASE 5 CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF THE MINING. GRAVEL.DEPTHS IN THIS AREA ARE
<br />ALSO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. THE MINED AREA.AT THIS TIME WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES. PHASE 5 WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF THE RECLAMA-
<br />TION AND WILL RESULTIIN A PERMAKENT MINED AND RECLAIMED AREA OF 30 ACRES. ALTHOUGH SUPPLY AND DOIAKD DICTATE THE ACTUAL TIMING OF EACH
<br />PHASE, IT IS ANTICIPATED - THAT -THE PROJECT WILL .FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW:
<br />BEGIN OPERATION END OF PHASE
<br />PHASE I SPRING OF 1984 FALL OF 1984
<br />PHASE 2 SPRING OF 1985 FALL OF 1985
<br />PHASE 3 SPRING OF 1986 FALL OF 1986
<br />PHASE 4 SPRING OF 1967 FALL OF 1987
<br />PHASE 5 SPRING OF 1988 FALL OF 1988
<br />PROTECTION OF EXISTING TREES
<br />THERE ARE EXISTING COTTONWOODS ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF THE SITE, ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. THESE TREES ARE IMPORTANT VISUAL EL-
<br />EMENTS IN THE AREA AND EVERY EFFORT WILL EE MADE TO LEAVE THEM UNHARMED. TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS STORAGE MATERIALS WILL
<br />BE KEPT AWAY FROM THE ROOT ZONE OF THE TREES.DURING THE MINING OPERATION. NO MINING WILL BE CONDUCTED WHICH MIGHT ENDANGER THESE TREES.
<br />VISUAL
<br />ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE PROPOSED EXTRACTION PROCESS WILL HAVE AN UNAVOIDABLE INITIAL IMPACT ON THE VISUAL ASPECTS OF THE SITE,
<br />THERE WILL BE A.POSITIVE VISUAL IMPACT WHEN THE FINAL RECLAMATION IS COMPLETED. THE NEGATIVE VISUAL IMPACT DURING THE PROCESS WILL BE
<br />CONSIDERABLY MITIGATED BY THE FOLLOWING:
<br />I: THE TOPSOIL STOCKPILES WILL BE POSITIONED SO AS TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM SCREENING EFFECT, BOTH ACOUSTICALLY AND VISUALLY, OF THE GRAVEL
<br />CRUSHING EQUIPMENT, GRAVEL SCREENS AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT.
<br />2. THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE PHASED IN SUCH A.MANNER THAT RECLAMATION WILL BE COMMENCED WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND WILL PROCEED AS THE
<br />EXTRACTION IS COMPLETED. ADDITIONAL SCREENING WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TREE -SHRUB PLANTING STRIPS WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED
<br />WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
<br />3. VISUAL IMPACT ON BRIGHTON ROAD WILL BE MINIMAL WITH THE SEPARATION BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET
<br />FROM CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY.
<br />IN THE SHORE AREAS WILL CONSIST OF AREA RELATED TREES AND SHRUBS SUCH AS COTTONLESS COTTONWOOD, RUSSIAN OLIVE, GOLDEN WILLOW, SILVER
<br />MAPLE AND AMERICAN PLUM. ALL PLANTING WILL BE PROVIDED WITH SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER TABLETS AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, ACCORDING TO MANU-
<br />FACTURER'S RECOWMENDATIONS. ALL SEEDED AREAS WILL BE FERTILIZED WITH THREE APPLICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER PER GROWING SEASON FOR
<br />A TOTAL OF CO LES. NITROGEN PER ACRE PER SEASON. THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF RECLAMATION IS $21,000.00, WHICH INCLUDES REGRADING, RE-
<br />SEEDING AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
<br />DRAINAGE
<br />THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THE FINAL LAKE, AS SHOWN ON THE RECLAMATION PLAN, SHEET 9, FOR RETAINING MOST OF THE PROJECT AREA RUNOFF. THE
<br />LAKE WILL RESULT FROM THE MIRING, RAIN FALLING AKD RUNNING OFF THE IMPERVIOUS AREAS AND RAINFALL ON THE LAKE ITSELF. RUNOFF WILL BE SOME-
<br />WHAT LESS THAN NOW EXISTS, DUE TO THE CREATION OF THE LAKE. THE AVAILABLE STORAGE IN THE LAKE FOR RUNOFF WILL.FAR EXCEED THE POTENTIAL
<br />RUNOFF. THE LAKE WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED MINIMUM FREEBOARD OF 3 FEET AT THE ESTIMATED HIGH WATER TABLE ELEVATION. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT
<br />THE BASIN HAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE STORAGE CAPACITY FOR TOTAL DETENTION OF THE ANTICIPATED RUNOFF PLUS SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE STORMS OF VIR-
<br />TUALLY ANY MAGNITUDE AND DURATION.
<br />AFTERUSE
<br />THE AFTERUSE OF THE PROPERTY IS AS A PRIVATE RECREATION AREA.WITH THE LAKE AND ISLAND, AND AS A WILDLIFE REFUGE.
<br />RECEIVED
<br />SEP 11983
<br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
<br />Dula. Dept. of Natural Resources
<br />SPEER DEVELOPMENT
<br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION -SEE SHEET 4.
<br />CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP
<br />JACK D. SPEER (HUSBAND) AND ROSE M. SPEER (WIFE). BEING THE OWNERS OF SPEER DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY .OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.
<br />HEREBY SUBMIT THIS EXCAVATION AND REHABILITATION PLAN AND AGREE TO PERFORM UNDER THE TERMS NOTED HEREON.
<br />JACK D. SPEER (HUSBAND)
<br />DRAINAGE DURING MINING OPERATION
<br />DURING THE EXCAVATION PROCESS, ALL RUNOFF ENTERING THE EXCAVATED AREAS WILL BE RETAINED AND RETURNED TO THE GROUND WATER RECHARGE. WITH
<br />TKIS EXCEPTION, THE PRESENT DRAINAGE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. AS THE MIRING PROGRESSES, THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF DETAINED BY THE
<br />PROJECT WILL INCREASE.
<br />RECLAMATION - SHEET 9
<br />TOPSOILING AND REGRADING
<br />SUBGRADE WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WITH REJECT GRAVEL AND SIMILAR MATERIAL. AFTER ROUGH GRADES OF THE SHORELINE ARE
<br />ESTABLISHED. THEY WILL BE RIPPED AND SCARIFIED ALONG CONTOURS TO A.DEPTH OF 12 TO 16 INCHES, LEAVING THE SURFACE ROUGH BEFORE TOPSOIL IS
<br />PLACED. SINCE AMPLE TOPSOIL IS AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. IT WILL EE PLACED IN A 6 TO 12 INCH LAYER OVER ALL AREAS TO BE REVEGITATED. PRIOR
<br />TO SEEDING, 200 LBS. PER ACRE OF P205 WILL BE APPLIED AND TILLED INTO THE TOPSOIL.. THE SHORELINE AREAS WILL BE GENERALLY GENTLE SLOPES BE-
<br />TWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND WATER LIKE, (3:1). THESE AREAS WILL REQUIRE RAPID AND CONTINUOUS PLANT COVER TO PREVENT WATER AND WIND EROSION.
<br />THESE SLOPES OFFER VARYING MOCROCLINATIC GROWING CONDITIONS SINCE THEY HAVE VARIOUS EXPOSURES. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE ONE MIXTURE OF GRASSES
<br />AND LEGUMES FOR THESE SLOPES. DEPENDING ON THE MOCROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE GRASSES WILL.EECOME DOMINANT IN CERTAIN
<br />AREAS. THE FOLLOWING SEED KFIXTURE IN POUNDS OF PURE LIVE SEED PER ACRE WILL BE USED FOR ALL AREAS:
<br />2.LBS. COM40H KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS
<br />5 LBS. PERENNIAL RYEGRASS
<br />6 LOS. ORCHARD GRASS
<br />6 LBS. SMOOTH EROME
<br />O LBS. YELLOW SWEET CLOVER
<br />SEEDING WILL BE DONE WITH A.DRILL EQUIPPED WITH DEPTH BANDS AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND MAY 15, IF POSSIBLE. ALL SEEDED
<br />AREAS WILL BY HYOROMULCHED FOR IKITIAL EROSION CONTROL WITH CELLULOSE FIBER MULCH AT A RATE OF 1,500 LBS. PER ACRE. PROPOSED PLANTING
<br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES
<br />ROSE M. SPEER
<br />DAY OF
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC
<br />PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL
<br />APPROVED BY THE ADARS COUNTY PLANNING COK41 SSIOR THIS DAY OF
<br />CHAIRMAN
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<br />WILL BE MINIMAL
<br />DRAINAGE DURING MINING OPERATION
<br />DURING THE EXCAVATION PROCESS, ALL RUNOFF ENTERING THE EXCAVATED AREAS WILL BE RETAINED AND RETURNED TO THE GROUND WATER RECHARGE. WITH
<br />TKIS EXCEPTION, THE PRESENT DRAINAGE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. AS THE MIRING PROGRESSES, THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF DETAINED BY THE
<br />PROJECT WILL INCREASE.
<br />RECLAMATION - SHEET 9
<br />TOPSOILING AND REGRADING
<br />SUBGRADE WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WITH REJECT GRAVEL AND SIMILAR MATERIAL. AFTER ROUGH GRADES OF THE SHORELINE ARE
<br />ESTABLISHED. THEY WILL BE RIPPED AND SCARIFIED ALONG CONTOURS TO A.DEPTH OF 12 TO 16 INCHES, LEAVING THE SURFACE ROUGH BEFORE TOPSOIL IS
<br />PLACED. SINCE AMPLE TOPSOIL IS AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE. IT WILL EE PLACED IN A 6 TO 12 INCH LAYER OVER ALL AREAS TO BE REVEGITATED. PRIOR
<br />TO SEEDING, 200 LBS. PER ACRE OF P205 WILL BE APPLIED AND TILLED INTO THE TOPSOIL.. THE SHORELINE AREAS WILL BE GENERALLY GENTLE SLOPES BE-
<br />TWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND WATER LIKE, (3:1). THESE AREAS WILL REQUIRE RAPID AND CONTINUOUS PLANT COVER TO PREVENT WATER AND WIND EROSION.
<br />THESE SLOPES OFFER VARYING MOCROCLINATIC GROWING CONDITIONS SINCE THEY HAVE VARIOUS EXPOSURES. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE ONE MIXTURE OF GRASSES
<br />AND LEGUMES FOR THESE SLOPES. DEPENDING ON THE MOCROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE GRASSES WILL.EECOME DOMINANT IN CERTAIN
<br />AREAS. THE FOLLOWING SEED KFIXTURE IN POUNDS OF PURE LIVE SEED PER ACRE WILL BE USED FOR ALL AREAS:
<br />2.LBS. COM40H KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS
<br />5 LBS. PERENNIAL RYEGRASS
<br />6 LOS. ORCHARD GRASS
<br />6 LBS. SMOOTH EROME
<br />O LBS. YELLOW SWEET CLOVER
<br />SEEDING WILL BE DONE WITH A.DRILL EQUIPPED WITH DEPTH BANDS AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND MAY 15, IF POSSIBLE. ALL SEEDED
<br />AREAS WILL BY HYOROMULCHED FOR IKITIAL EROSION CONTROL WITH CELLULOSE FIBER MULCH AT A RATE OF 1,500 LBS. PER ACRE. PROPOSED PLANTING
<br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES
<br />ROSE M. SPEER
<br />DAY OF
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC
<br />PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL
<br />APPROVED BY THE ADARS COUNTY PLANNING COK41 SSIOR THIS DAY OF
<br />CHAIRMAN
<br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL
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<br />THIS EXCAVATION AND REHABILITATION PLAN WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADAMS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER IN THE STATE OF COLORADO
<br />AT M. ON THE DAY OF , 19
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