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' • • <br /> XHIBIT D (Cont'd) <br />1 <br /> The operator believes it is in compliance with federal and <br />' state laws and regulations governing water and water rights. <br /> There is no application of the river dredge law or s iltation <br />' <br /> structure removal requirement. <br />' Mining Timetable. The operator estimates a steadily <br />' increasing market over the next 24 years. Estimates are for <br /> production to increase from 300,000 to 500,000 tons on an annual <br />' ~ basis. The sand and gravel deposit varies between 55,200 and <br /> 122,400 tons per acre and averages approximately 62,400 tons per <br />' acre. At the rate of 62,400 tons p er acre, approximately 4.8 <br /> acres will be mined annually in the early years of the operation <br />' <br /> and 8.0 acres annually in the later years . The three-year <br />' stages will affect somewhat more than 15 and 24 acres, <br /> respectively, because the slope areas aro und the perimeter will <br />' contain less than 62,400 tons per acre of materi al and there are <br /> perimeter areas in each stage which will not be mined. Compari- <br />' D <br />1 <br /> son of the following estimated timetable with ma - <br />p Exhibit <br />' indicates where the operation will begin, where it is going <br /> and an estimate of how long it will take. <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />- 9 - <br /> <br />