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M-95-005/Final Adequacy 12/11/95 page 2 Exhibit D - Minino Plan Mao - You have still included a plan with four phases, though the locations are different. Though the phases are not well defined by boundary or years of operation, their depicted locations seem to clarify the progression of the mining through the total permit area. It seems as though there may be activity in more than one phase at once, though the total acreage will not exceed 20 acres. You have committed to a total disturbance of 20 acres, which is to consist of different amounts of acres of major, moderate and minor disturbance. Disturbance includes all areas used for roads, stockpiling and equipment. This 20-acre limit implies at least two things: 1) you may not expand your operation beyond 20 acres in any way until some of your disturbance is fully reclaimed (ie., to the point of being completely revegetated, not just seeded); and, 2) until some of the disturbed acreage has reclamation commenced upon it, it should have a bond sufficient to reclaim it as major disturbance. You verbally commited to the following number of acres of disturbance within your stated 20-acre total: 8 acres major, 8 acres moderate, and 4 acres minor. I will therefore require a bond for reclaiming your 20 acres of disturbance according to the amounts you specified. Your total disturbance must also never exceed those levels at any time, which will be verified from time to time from inspections. I understand that the buffer strip around the perimeter of the permit will have no activity on it. You verbally clarified to me that the buffer strip is actually a "setback" outside of the permit boundary. It pertains to the western and northern permit boundaries, as follows: the western permit boundary line is set back from the property line by 30 feet, and the irregular northern permit boundary line is set back (to the south) from the topographic rim of the mesa. If this is correct, please confirm this, and ensure that these details are shown correctly on your permit maps. The mining phase map, as submitted, is not adequate to depict more than the general locations of the phases. Its scale is about 1":1280', which is too small to show any detail. The depiction of the separate phases shows gaps of 60 to 200 feet between them (according to the map scale), though that may have been done inadvertently. It does not show the permit boundary, but only the DuCray property boundary. Another mining map must be submitted, with a larger scale, a clearly marked permit boundary, the buffer strips, roads, areas which will not be disturbed, any sediment/runoff control berms, and locations of power poles. Exhibit F - Reclamation Plan - You submitted a diagram of cross section A-A, which looks clear except for the 10-foot earth berm at the bottom of the slope. Where is that structure located? Is it a structure to remain after reclamation? Is it an impoundment or