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measuring and sampling monitoring wells near the sand and gravel extraction area. The program <br />currently calls for the installing of three montoring wells to detemtine the effects on the ground water <br />table during periods of mine de-watering. The water level in each will be mentored and recorded on a <br />monthly basis beginning upon the completion of the well and will continue until the sand and gravel <br />extraction process has ceased. In the event that draw down of the water table is greater than two feet in <br />the wells adjacent to the sites west boundary, remedial activities could then be planned, such as, <br />reducing pumping rates until the water level in the mondoring wells return to an acceptable level. <br />The first step of the mining process will be the removal of zero to six inches of topsoil. The topsoil will be <br />removed using scrapers, loaders and dump trucks and stored in stockpiles surrounding the identified <br />extraction area and will be used during the reclamation phase of the mine. Once the topsoil has been <br />removed, the overburden removal process will begin. As was the case with the topsoil removal, <br />overburden will be excavated to the top of the sand and gravel resource using scrapers, loaders, and <br />dump trucks. Overburden will also be stockpiled adjacent to the topsoil stockpiles as well as within the <br />extraction area. Overburden that will not be used in the reclamation efforts described in Exhibit E and <br />Exhibit F will be removed from the sfte for use as structural fill. To prevent erosion, all of the stockpiles <br />adjacent to the extraction area will be hydro- seeded within 12 months of establishment at a rate of 15 <br />bulk pounds per acre. The seed mix consists of the following: <br />Shee Fescue 1.5 #PLS/Ac. Pubescent Wheat rass 1.0 #PLS/Ac. <br />Crested Wheat rass 1.5 #PLS/Ac. Orchard rass, Paiute 1.5 #PLS/Ac. <br />Thicks ice Wheat rass 2.0 #PLS/Ac. Winter Wheat 1.0 # PLSlAc. <br />Slender Wheat rass 2.0 #PLS/Ac. <br />In addition to the seed the following materials will be utilized: <br />Material Rate/Ac. <br />°Biosol° Fertilizer 1100 lbs. <br />Fiber Mulch 2,000 lbs. <br />Tackifier 2001bs. <br />Straw Mulch a rox. 100 bales <br />Herbicides will be applied annually to control weed growth on the stockpiles, A weed control plan will be <br />implemented for the entire site (See Exhibit E) and will remain in effect during the entire life of the mine. <br />Setbacks between the mining area and the permit boundary have been maintained to protect the integrity <br />of the adjoining land. The sand, gravel and soil removal process will be conducted using loaders, and/or <br />excavators. Blasting of the resource is not necessary. Haul trucks will transport the sand and gravel <br />resource to a nearby crushing and screening area located within the extraction area, or the ukimate <br />delivery site. The crushed and screened material will then be loaded, transported and stockpiled nearby <br />or hauled to a constroclion site for use. Extraction of the sand and gravel resource will occur in a single <br />lift to a point one foot above the underlying bedrock stratum. <br />The total Affectetl Land per Rule 1.1(3) of the Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for the Extraction of Construction Materials, amended August, 2001 is: <br />Rev. 06!07!06 <br />r . <br />Received <br />JUN 0 8 2006 <br />Grand Junction F'- d Office <br />Division of Mineraf:. a Geology <br />