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EXHIBIT D <br />Powderwash Pit No. 66 -Mining Plan <br />•f hr Powdentash Pil Vo. 6h is a proposed s:utd and gravel piton C'uunty Ruad Nu hG <br />approximately 4 miles cast, and 5 mtlrs south of the Powdcrwash housing community, <br />l~hr pit will he located m the SIr2 0l Section 2i, T I I N, and R`77W ul the ti ~' P.M. ~1u(1•at <br />County, Colorudo 1'he purpose of this mine is to replace the Powdrruash Pit ri 19, which <br />was 4 miles south of Powdcrwash. The project is on the Smuh Rancho land (wuh no <br />federal minerals) and will provide pit-nrn and road-hale materials for county toads in the <br />area. The only manmade nnpnn•emcnts are ~luffat l'ounq•'s highway na bh and No <br />GGB, and an access trail to the BLM ac shown on Exhibit C-3. MotTat County might <br />relocate one, or all, of these roads to accommodate the mining program. if nrcessan, hul <br />it is likely That the gravel reserves in Mining -Lune ~1 3 Z will provide sufficient gravel <br />resources fora 211 year life of the mine. Moffat County will not obstnict the legally <br />aryuired access across the pro,lect sere. <br />-fhc sigmlicant disturhartces will be hmitcd to the mining, storaec and n:nutval of the <br />surface mineable materials on the prmutted area. No of-f-site f:trihuc•s will be invuh•cd. <br />If it is practical, Moffat County will protect the integrity of the dn• wash pinning north <br />along the center of the pm)ect, however, t.•e will mine out the resources beneath the do <br />w:1sh if rhea art substantial. T'he Co s of Fn ineers will rc uire a JI)J icrntit Ib an <br />cola • nr oth~r lilt r ~nal to the ua f r n ~ to tonnwater lrarnaee <br />regul;uwns fellWrl' :ui i~pera or n contain I to stotnt+vatcr wtthut the minx area; tt c intend <br />to drvclap basins within the mining area to prevent runoff from cntenng State and <br />hedcral waters. If these low areas tend to impound signtfirtnt amounts of water, ,41u11'at <br />C',+unp will notify the surlacc owners of the water sLitus, and WIII suggest thal they file <br />for storage nght under Colorado water {aw. <br />•Fhc topsoil dcplh is from b ht I0 inches throughout the atlbctcd area. I his hunuc ntatenal <br />will be stnppud and stockpiled ut art inaruve punion w the atlccted area, and it will he <br />pn.rtrcted from the drainage channels until needed for rcclamalion fhc topsoil pile, will <br />be protected from other stored materials. Seedine them with \loflal County's Bred nux <br />:uul application litnnula will stabilize the topsoil piles Signs well hr placed to idenu(y the <br />topsrnl and ro caution not to remove. I'hr road bast stockpiles well he protected Isom <br />crustnn and they will hr ulentilied and kept scp:tratc from aUirr sRxkpilcd uiutenals. <br />:~lotlhl County tail! identify and stabilize ovefiurelcn stockpiles in the same manner it <br />rhea are to he stored fur more than a vear. <br />~~} titu'lacc nursing may occur :utywhcre on the prulcct, but we attend to hcgm operations to <br />ratite of the two uunin ~ nine- a; shown oft tltc Alining Flan \L•tp fhcrc arc twc+ nunin~; <br />prncn urea: tit the n>i tm+crdure the nprr:uor will a>c ~~v;ud fmnl~:n•.i I~~.:,i.~:-. i~ <br />yr:+~.:,tr :,L,n•~ ,~ •. ~ rru :rl late. and In trd,snnrl ihr n+.u. n;+l fir rhr rn~ ,l , i ,n.,i ~. nrii:u,•. <br />