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EXHIBIT D <br /> Rule 6.3.4 <br /> Reclamation Plan <br /> As the previously attached maps and images show, and according to the Rio Grande County <br /> Assessor's property record, the Subject Property is currently zoned Agricultural and consists of <br /> rangeland with light native grasses and minimal shrub vegetation. Applicant does not intend to <br /> change the current land use. <br /> As noted previously, the site is currently permitted under DRMS Permit M-1987-013. Presently <br /> the 9.99 acres of this site that is slated for permitting under this application are mostly disturbed <br /> as part of the extraction area or for various stockpiles and associated roads. From reviewing the <br /> history of this site, it appears that very little topsoil or growth medium were salvaged by the <br /> previous operators. There are a few small stockpiles of coarse soil type material that will be used <br /> as growth medium during reclamation. Historical documents suggest that what little soil or <br /> growth medium present in the extraction area was salvaged to the extent possible given the very <br /> rocky outcrop nature of the deposit. In the lower areas it appears that the approved plan was to <br /> not salvage the very thin layers of growth medium prior to using these areas as product stockpile <br /> locations and associated roads. The plan during reclamation was to remove the piles back to <br /> original grade followed by shallow ripping of the underlying and relatively undisturbed native <br /> material to create a suitable seedbed for revegetation efforts. <br /> As stated in the mining plan, and essential to successful reclamation of this mine, is a <br /> cooperative plan between the adjacent landowners and permitted sites to reclaim the highwall <br /> that currently straddles the property boundary. The butte that was the original target of this <br /> mining operation straddled the property line with about two-thirds of the butte residing on the <br /> south side of the line. Mining appears to have initiated from the south end of the butte and <br /> progressed north and west. What now remains are the outer flanks of the butte heading mostly <br /> _. west on the southern property (Burton Farms LLLP)-.and mostly north on the northern property- <br /> (Rio Grande Canal Water Users Association). Successful reclamation will require both sides to <br /> advance mining through the remaining flanks of the butte while leaving a 3H:1 V slope from the <br /> crest of the highwalls on both the west and north sides down to the pit floor. This advancement <br /> will slightly expand the pit floor which will then straddle the property line along the property <br /> boundary, except on the west side of the pit which will be a 3H:1 V slope that curves from the <br /> south to the north and then back east just past the property line. This is illustrated on the <br /> reclamation plan map. The final details of this plan will likely come in the form of a technical <br /> revision to both permits. <br /> The Applicant's Reclamation Plan Map is attached as Exhibit D-1. Reclamation of the Extraction <br /> Site will return the site to a post-mining land use of rangeland which is consistent with the <br /> surrounding area. Grading will be done, as necessary,to create a grade that conforms to the <br /> adjacent topography and natural landforms. Grading will also be done in a manner to control <br /> erosion and siltation of the affected lands, and to protect areas outside the affected land from <br /> slides and other damage. <br /> Burton Farms LLLP Page 1 of 5 <br /> Construction Materials Limited Impact 010(c))Operation Reclamation Permit Application Form <br />