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I <br /> 2. Reduction of Eroiect <br /> This alternative would limit excavation to removal <br /> of the dredge tailings. Areas covered by overburden <br /> alone would he undisturbed. Sand and gravel would <br /> be removed and made available for eor m--:^ rcial purposes <br /> and, in the process of leveling the mount's, <br /> the topographical appearance would be improved and <br /> the land made usable for agricultural purposes at <br /> the end of the ,project. <br /> one advantage of this alternative is that the land <br /> which is covered only by overburden, and i.^ currently <br /> available of cattle grazing, could be hep-t- in uninter- <br /> rupted agricultural use. Moreover, the natural <br /> topography of these areas would not be altered. By <br /> eliminating the areas cc-,itaining only overburden from <br /> the project, the actual excavation work would be set <br /> back further from Waverly Road and the res.4,dence <br /> adjacent to the present project area. This would <br /> improve aesthetic dust and noise conditions in the <br /> isv:edi ate envy rcnmen':. <br /> Under this alternative, the impacts discussed above <br /> in Section III will occur, but to a les'-'e77 degree. <br /> If the primary objective of the applicant the <br /> rem^r,7al of send and gravel, perhaps the project area <br /> could be enlarged to include acreava- to tie east, <br /> which alco Gcnt:ains dredge it-ailing. This would. <br /> ccmnensate the err 4s•c4 nt for the acreage eliminated <br /> by this alternative and may not cai:cl, further- signi- <br /> ficant envircnmental effects. <br /> -26- <br />