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j <br />EXHIBIT D - MINING PLAN (19 <br />1. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THE PRODUCTS FROM THIS MINE <br />WILL BE TO PROVIDE MOFFAT COUNTY WITH THE MATERIALS <br />NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM <br />IN THE VICINITY OF THE SMITH PIT #20. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE <br />MINED, SIZED, SORTED, CRUSHED, MIXED, STOCKPILED AND REMOVED <br />WITH STANDARD OPERATIONAL GRAVEL MINING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL <br />INCLUDE 5 YARD FRONT-END LOADERS) CRAWLER TRACTORS, BACKHOE, <br />SCREENING AND CRUSHING PLANTS, CONVEYORS, TRUCKS AND OTHER <br />SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT. <br />Z. THE TOPSOIL IS GOOD TO SPARSE IN THE CONVERSION <br />AFFECTED AREA. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO REMOVE 6 TO 8 INCHES <br />OF THE SURFACE INTENDED FOR DISTURBANCE AND STORE THIS <br />MATERIAL IN THE WESTERLY PORTION OF THE EXISTING SMITH PIT <br />#20, AND ON A PORTION OF LOT 10 AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT C. A SIGN <br />WILL BE POSTED THAT WILL STATE THAT THE MATERIAL IS FOR <br />RECLAMATION ONLY. <br />WHEN IT IS PRACTICAL TO DO SO THE OPERATOR WILL GRADE <br />AND RE -APPLY THE TOPSOIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER MINING IN THE <br />AFFECTED AREA. HOWEVER, WITH THE NATURE OF NEED AND USE FOR <br />THESE MATERIALS, THERE WILL BE EXTENDED.PERIODS OF TIME THAT <br />THE EXPOSED EXCAVATIONS WILL HAVE TO REMAIN OPEN. IN THESE <br />INSTANCES, THE TOPSOIL WILL BE STORED AND THE OPERATOR WILL <br />STABILIZE THE TOPSOIL STOCKPILES BY SEEDING THEM TO PERENNIAL <br />NATIVE WESTERN WHEAT GRASS BROADCAST AT THE RATE OF 0.5 POUNDS <br />OF PURE LIVE SEED PER 1000 SQ. FT. OF AREA. THE SITES DESIGNATED <br />FOR STOCKPILE STORAGE ARE OUT OF THE WAY OF MINE TRAFFIC, <br />STREAM CHANNELS AND DRAINAGEWAYS. <br />3. THE AFFECTED AREA, AND ALL OF THE SURROUNDING LANDS, ARE <br />DRY ALLUVIAL BENCH GRAVEL DEPOSITS LEFT BY THE LITTLE SNAKE <br />RIVER IN ITS LATERAL MIGRATION TO ITS PRESENT POSITION ONE <br />MILE NORTH OF THE MINE. NO WATER WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE <br />EXISTING SMITH PIT #20, NOR WERE THERE ANY INDICATIONS OF <br />WATER IN THE PROSPECT PITS LOCATED IN THE PROPOSED MINING <br />AREA. THERE WILL BE NO SURFACE OR GROUND WATER INTERCEPTED, <br />IMPOUNDED OR DIVERTED IN THE OPERATION OF THE SMITH PIT OR THE <br />CONVERSION N0. 1. <br />4. THE SIZE OF THE AREAS TO BE WORKED AT ANY ONE TIME WILL <br />BE LIMITED TO 15 ACRES. THE SMITH PIT #20 IS MINED OUT AND <br />IS SCHEDULED FOR RECLAMATION THIS,OCTOBER. IT IS EXPECTED <br />THAT THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES OF GRAVEL TO BE <br />MINED LYING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD #4 IN LOTS 1, 5 <br />AND 10 (SHOWN ON EXHIBIT C) THAT WILL BE MINED OVER THE <br />NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. <br />