2018-11-19_REVISION - M1976056 (6)

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Exhibit D MINING PLAN (cont) the new area since they are similar to the area now in the permit . Most of the added area will remain industrial as they contain the permanent Asphalt and Concrete plants and support facilities . The permit area is zoned Heavy Industrial by the City of Sterling. The following changes to the mining plan are numbered sequentially to give some order to this amendment . The areas being added for the most part were part of the original property purchased in 1998 by McAtee Construction Company. It was an old feedlot that operated into the early 1970 ' s and covered 100+ acres . When the feedlot was closed it was subdivided into 26 lots of various sizes intending to be developed into a Heavy Industrial area . In 2000 the northern 2 lots and the southern 2 lots were not put into the permit area as they were going to be developed. This addition will involve mining parts of the north lots and most of the southern lots . AMENDMENT 1 - Acreage added to Permit This section describes the changes in area made to the permit . This amendment adds 21 . 25 acres to the permit area that adjoins the existing permit areas on the north and south sides of the West Lake area, 18 . 94 acres, including the old Asphalt Plant area that is surrounded by Lake Marjorie, 2 . 31 acres . We have created three new maps that show the entire permit area . On the Current Conditions Map - Map Exhibit C the yellow outline is the new permit area and the green outline is the existing permit area . The maps were updated to show what has been mined, reclaimed or partially reclaimed todate . In the existing permit area, the Pre-Mining (Current Conditions) Map shows approximately how the site looks now. This was carried to the Mining Plan Map showing how we feel the site will look when mining progresses from where it is currently taking place in the West Lake to the East Lake areas . There will still be areas in Lake Marjorie that need to be mined to total depth. The Reclama- tion Plan shows how we feel the site will look when mining is complete . The new area has little soil as explained in the 2000 Amendment . When the feedlot closed the area was stripped to the subsoil sand surface to remove the accumulated manure . There is a heavy covering of weeds over the entire site with sparse grass growing in isolated spots . The original owners made no attempt to seed the area when they cleaned it up and it was left with no soil to speak of . For many years there was no vegetation on it at all . They planned to create an industrial area and develop- ment would have solved the issue . There are two power lines bisecting the site from north to south. The western most line will remain during mining and will serve as the separation line for the two new lakes . An agreement with Xcel Energy will allow McAtee Construction Company to mine between 2 of the northern poles to connect the lakes and make mining easier. Xcel requires a 40 foot setback around each pole so that distance is the setback used on each side of the center- line of the poles to allow access and protect them from mining. The eastern line has been buried, immediately adjacent to the 7