2014-01-21_REVISION - M1999058 (9)

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EXHIBIT D - RECLAMATION PLAN 1. General Reclamation Plan The post -mine land use of the site is high altitude rangeland for wildlife habitat. Re- vegetation of completed waste piles will be realized during the mining period, and these costs are included in the mining budget. Final reclamation activities anticipated include the following: • removal of the fuel tank, propane tank and heater • backfilling smaller quarry entries, • fencing of larger quarry entries, • removal of the surface pipe to Yule Creek from the mine pump, • final vegetation of the fine waste pile areas, and all areas between the large marble block disposal areas All sumps and ditches will be left in place for final reclamation. The sumps will eventually silt in and revegetate due to the fine material trapped but, by that time, the piles will have been revegetated and the site would be stabilized for erosion, and no sediment control will be needed. The large marble blocks will be left in place although many of the blocks will be stacked in retaining wall as shown on Maps C -2 and F -l. The access road will also be left after reclamation. As described in the subsection Additional Sediment Control Measures in the Mining Plan, the steep slope of fines above the McIntyre property was stabilized soon after the 2010 Amendment was approved, by placing permanent erosion control mat on the surface with an organic fertilizer and the prescribed seed mix. Also, all the areas of fines around the existing blocks above the Mcintyre property were seeded and mulched, further reducing erosion. These measures will prevent any significant erosion to the Mcintyre property from mine related disturbance. After mining is complete, the large underground openings are expected to be partially filled up with waste marble and then the wire rope system will be employed to cover the remaining part of the Yule Quarry January 2014 48