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g) The existing trail to the pit is approximately 10 feet wide. The trail will be used for the life of the pit and then left for the landowner. No reclamation is anticipated on the existing trail. h) No water is anticipated in conjunction with the operation. There could be instances when heavy rainfall makes the site too wet to continue. At those times, mining will simply cease until the site becomes dry enough to mine again. Since the site is highly permeable, those instances will be very short in duration. i) Mining will not go into the groundwater at the site. j) Since no water is to be used, there should be no injury to existing water rights. k) No refuse, acid, or toxic producing materials are anticipated at the site. Other mining enterprises in this part of Phillips County have never yielded any such materials. 1) The finished pit will be returned to rangeland and used for grazing cattle. There should be no disturbance to the hydrologic balance. m) There is no processing of the material anticipated at the site. n) The commodity to be mined is sand. o) The mined materials will primarily be used for construction material for concrete. Following that use, the pit may have some material that can be used for road construction or landscaping projects. p} No explosives will be used in this operation. EXHIBIT D -Reclamation Plan The primary reclamation plan for the pit is to re-slope the mined area, blending the final contours into existing topography. The area will be returned to rangeland at the completion of the operation. Slopes will be no steeper than 3:1. The initial 4" of topsoil material will be replaced, then be seeded according to recommendations received from the Yuma County Natural Resource Conservation Service. a) The re-seeded pit area will be fenced with electric fencing until the area is sufficiently re-seeded to allow grazing.