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<br />EXHIBIT D -MINING PLAN (continued) <br />• The north side of this berm will be left untouched until the very end of the mine life, when it is <br />planned that part of the berm will be mined. At least 10 feet height or more will be left around the <br />perennial spring for the meadow area below along the Eagle River. This modification was made at <br />the request of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The landowner has requested that the western <br />portion of this berm remain since it is near the occupied dwelling. <br />On the southern edge of the property, the top of slope for mining will be approximately 45 feet <br />north of the southern property line, due to the berm and property buffer distances. Creation of the <br />southern berm will minimize visual, dust, and noise impacts to the surrounding area. Mining will <br />occur below this top of slope at a grade of 2.OH: I.OV. All excavated slopes will be at a grade of <br />2.OH: I.0 or less. <br />Once the soil is stripped from the 10 acre area east of the drainage and the southern berm created, <br />the gravel in this area will be mined and processed. Excavation and processing will be carried out <br />• using front end loaders to remove the sand and gravel and transport it to the processing crusher, <br />which will be located inclose proximity. ~ blasting of any kind will be undertaken by this <br />operation. Equipment and facilities will gradually be brought to the site as room allows. Equipment <br />to be used for various operations may include, but is not limited to, bulldozers and loaders for earth <br />moving, a dragline for removing fines from the settling ponds, dump trucks for hauling specifica- <br />tion and pit run materials, and a water truck to control fugitive dust. The area will be excavated to <br />a depth of approximately 15 to 30 feet. <br />Once sufficient area has been mined for facilities, stockpiles and equipment operation, the <br />operation will then mine the remaining 5 acres east of the drainage after stockpiling the soil on the <br />south berm. Once this acreage is mined, topsoil from approximately 5 acres west of the drainage <br />will be stripped and used to reclaim 5 acres east of the drainage. All facilities will gradually move <br />to the west side of the drainage and the gravel on this side will be mined. The operation will <br />proceed in this manner until the remaining 13 acres west of the drainage is mined, mining and <br />• reclaiming 5 acres at a time, while keeping the total pit area to no more than 15 acres. <br />Carol Ann Permit CDMG Applicanon 10 <br />