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. EXHIBIT D (Cont'd) <br />Operations <br />The plan for the sequence of excavation of the eight stages <br />is indicated on map Exhibit D-1. The plan for reclamation phases <br />will follow exactly the same sequence. <br />P,lining in each stage will start with topsoil being stripped <br />_ and stockpiled on adjacent lands which are not to be mined (see <br />map Exhibit D-1). Next non-soil overburden will be stripped and <br />will be stockpiled on adjacent land near but separate from the <br />soil stockpiles or will be used to backfill the previous stage <br />of mining to its planned contour. All stockpiles will be planted <br />with western 6Yheatgrass as a protective cover during the mining <br />operation. <br />All future overburden stockpile sites and haul roads will be <br />stripped of soils prior to use. These soils will be included in <br />other soil stockpiles and planted with SYestern wheatgrass. <br />After the removal of soil and overburden, the clay will be <br />~~ mined using bulldozers with rippers and /or scrapers to remove <br />^ and stockpile the materials; then the clay will be loaded with <br />1 front end loaders and trucked off site to the brick plant. There <br />are no processing or milling operations at this site. This is a <br />simple operation entailing digging, piling, loading and hauling <br />I clay. <br />I The lateral change from clay to sand is rapid; thus the edge <br />walls of the pit area will tend to be rather steep while mining <br />I is in progress, when necessary for safety reasons, these outer <br />edges of the pit will be excavated using one or more benches. <br />I~ <br />_ - 13 - <br />I <br />