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Seeding will occur d>Tnng late fall or early spring (from abou~ctober 31 to April 1) in order to take advantage of available soil moisture conditions during the spring. The applicant holds sufficient water rights within the Gurley Ditch to provide irrigation to all areas and phases of the gravel operation to enhance the revegetation effort if necessary. ~ 80/20 Nitrogen/Phosphate fertilizer will be applied at the time of seeding at the rate of 200 ponds per acre and worked into the soil during the seed bed preparation. The pit excavation will leave nearly vertical faces of approximately 32' in height, if the pit is mined to planned depth, during advance. These slopes will be reduced to 4h:ly before the application of topsoil or cover material. This slope reduction will be accomplished by placing refuse material along the nearly vertical face of the side walls of [he pit, providing acceptable slopes that will follow the advancing face at not more than 300 feet. If insufficient refuse material is available, the operator will also excavate the side slopes to a 4h:ly slope on advance. The advancing face will be excavated [o a 4h:ly slope as it nears the disturbance line. The operator will take care not to encroach on the disturbance line during slope reduction. In Phase I, a berm will be developed along the southern and western exposure of the pit during mining, this berm will remain in place and will be covered with topsoil or cover material at final reclamation. Phase I will expose a maximum advancing face of 1200 feet, Phase II will expose a maximum advancing face of 1495 feet and Phase III will expose a maximum advancing face of 595 feet. Phase II will a expose a pit floor area of 25.3 acres, Phase R will expose a pit floor area of 32.0 acres and Phase III will expose a pit floor area of 2.0 acres. Phase III will expose an azea for facilities and processing of 3.2 acres, Phase II will expose an area for facilities and processing of 3.8 acres and Phase III will expose an azea for facilities and processing of 3.8 acres. Any compacted side slopes and floor of the pits will be ripped before final reclamation. A minimum of 2 feet of cover material will be maintained over the underlying sandstone floor during the mining operation. If the sandstone floor is not exposed, due [o the presence of ground water, the 2 feet of gravel material left in place above the ground water will remain in place as cover material. The final slope of each pit will be loosened by the front-end loader and then reshaped before final reclamation. The access road and ditch crossings to Phase I and Phase III serve as entry onto the private land of the gravel pit Owner/Operator and will remain upon completion of the operation. Other reclamation tasks will include the removal of the semi portable truck scales and the removal of the portable screening/crushingp1ant, the portable storage shed, the portable dieseUelectric generator set, the portable fuel tank and the portable sanitation facility. Received The operator is aware that grazing may not occur on the acreage in reclamation without prior authorization from the Division, in consultation with the local Soil Conservation DistricJt~N 3 o zoos Duran F1Q OH. DIV~p~ of Minerals $ Geo/ogl, 'These recorded rights can be found in Exhibit N -Legal Right to Enter and they aze restated in Exhibit G -Water Information. E-2