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COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 5 Application No. CUP 1484 Badger Mill Creek extends northeast from this site to the southwest side of Madison, and southwest from the site to its confluence with the Sugar River just south of Riverside Drive. The entire area is within the Sugar River watershed, which is the subject of an EPA and DNR sponsored initiative aimed at identifying innovative ideas for preserving the water resource in this urbanizing basin. Both surface water and groundwater in this area flow south and southwest, with groundwater discharging into the Sugar River/Badger Mill Creek system. C. Operational Plans: See Maps D, Alternate E and Alternate F. The operator proposes to excavate sand and gravel from the property to supply nearby asphalt and concrete plants and other users in the Dane County area. The request is for a permit which would expire in the year 2022, with reclamation completed within one year after operations. The operator projects extracting and removing roughly 300,000 tons per year. Materials would be extracted mostly by dragline equipment, and the extracted materials would primarily be from below the water table. There would be crushing, screening, and washing equipment, but no blasting or drilling. In total, roughly 75 acres of the 117 acre site are proposed for operations, with about 40-45 acres in actual extraction. Operations are proposed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Operations are not planned (1)within 100 feet of any CUP area boundary, (2)within 500 feet of the Badger Mill Creek(limits of DNR jurisdiction for Chapter 30 permit), (3) within any FEMA mapped floodplain area, or(4) within any area north of Badger Mill Creek. Any expansion into these areas would receive future approval of an amendment to this CUP, in addition to several State and County environmental permits. Planned operations have been broken down into two phases, described below: Phase 1-see Alternate Map E: Phase 1 includes the 40 acres east of STH 69. Primary truck access would be to this portion of the entire site via a paved access drive roughly across from Riverside Road. The access drive would lead to a 1+acre paved operations platform where most haul truck loading and unloading would occur. The entire Phase 1 area would be fenced during and after operations, and the access drive would be gated. The topsoil and overburden scraped from the site would be used to create a berm around the property, which would be 15 feet high along the north(Manhattan Drive) and west (STH 69) frontages. The operator proposes fairly extensive landscaping on the outside of these two berms (see mature plantings in Maps K and L). Within Phase 1, 15 to 20 acres would be for extraction. A dragline would be used to extract sand and gravel to a depth of 50 - 60 feet. Ground and surface water would fill in the pit as excavation occurred. The Phase 1 area also includes a stockpiling, crushing, washing and screening area. Washing of extracted materials would take place adjacent to a settling ponds where silt settles before the water(re)enters the pit. Operations in the Phase 1 area would be ongoing throughout the term of the CUP. The operator proposed Alternate Map E on April 15 to attempt to address some visual and noise impact concerns related to residences in the Manhattan Drive neighborhood. The changes from the original Map E include a 35 foot high berm between the primary setting pond and the operations area and a more specific location for proposed crushing,