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H. LAND USE <br /> 1. The area to be excavated for the pond and habitat area was used for farming, <br /> even though at tunes crops were not hurve-AW dile to the extremely poor <br /> nature of the soil. With the pond and wildlife habitat area to be situated on <br /> this area there really would not be any lost farming ground of value. <br /> 1. AESTHETICS <br /> 1. The surrounding area is made up of medium and large agricultural ranches. <br /> There is little or no housing in this area. <br /> SCR1P-19ON O PROPOSED M11NING OPE RATIOT:: <br /> A. MAP OF OPERATIONS <br /> 1 See undated F,xcavatinn/Re.clamatinn Map dated July 17, 2002 <br /> B. PRODUCTION SCHEDULE <br /> 1. Due to excavating in water and having two islands in the pond an exact <br /> amount is unattainable, An estimation of 200,000 thousand cubic yards <br /> I d t a 1 d r n0 non t: a <br /> evua t�. used'wit a a remove of f v �wv cubic yard's per year. <br /> C. MINING PLAN <br /> 1. Operating and Closure Plan: The removal of the sand and completion of <br /> pVlld <br /> and habitat ar\•a JLLnuld Vti all comp VXWd by d', m4. the <br /> excavation will be open on a Monday to Saturday year-round basis. <br /> D. MINING OPERATION AND CLOSURE <br /> 1. Tl-.e actual beginning of the excavation would take place soon aoCr .he <br /> revision approval. Removal should be cornpleted by the end of December <br /> 204. The project will remain open year-round depending on the winter <br /> conditions, but most of material to be removed during spring and summer. <br /> I At the end of year 10A4. <br /> 3. Although removal of the sand material is to take place upon the approval <br /> of the revised original plan, the foliage and other natural growth take will <br /> take place on the outer edges and habitat area during the sand removal. <br /> 2 <br />