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EXHIBIT D - RECLAMATION PLAN - AMENDED This reclamation plan is concerned with five different disturbances at the mine site, These include the open pit ' surface mine. dump removal, waste rock deposits, roads, and portals. ' The strip mine is in fact a series of cuts along the side slope of Ohwiler Ridge and open pit surface mining may be an overstatement of the actual operation. The open pit surface ' mine is a series of benches and high walls. As each new cut is made the overburden will be deposited aver those areas which have been previously mined out. The overburden will fill depressions, cover screened materials, etc. to provide a ' more suitable wor4c bench. The face of each bench (outslope) will range from 15 to 25 `~,, ~ feet in height, depending upon the soil structures / ~7 S 6~ encountered. Walls of cuts into soft surface materials (see ~ ,,n,n(') ~r1 Figure 1 - Exhibit C) can not be as high as those placed in i 'GJf~ c ~ ' the harder subsurface sandstone and 2imestane lavers. The , y~ Q ~~r final angles of the pit walls will be 45 to ~~ degrees which `O ' should be adequate to maintain slope stability. If there is a n~j ~I ' problem with stability, particularly with cuts into the upper I strata, then, bac4;filling at the base of the cut will be used to increase slope stability. Benches and toe slopes, where possible, will be scored, top soil redressed, and reseeded. Top soil will be redressed to the e;<tent available and to a depth (4 to 6 inches) which will ' support seedling development. Soil amenities and mulching will be used, if necessary, to promote revegetation. ' Dump removal will be accomplished with either a front loader worF:inq from the toe of the dump or a backhoe could be used to pull rocF: up the slope. It is probable that the dump material was deposited on the native soils, As a result only the dump will be removed and the soil will be left in place. The soil has been compacted for many years and would be a relatively sterile growth medium. The compaction will be broken by ' ripping or scoring the top lavers of earth. Fertilizers will be added to supply nutrients and mulching may be necessary to keep seeds in place. ' The access road will remain as is. This road provides access to other mine claims and to public lands in the San Juan ' National Forest. Roadways on the claim block: which lead to the various dumps will 6e ripped and blocked to prevent further use. Some grading may be used to pull soils from the upslooe and downslope sides onto the roadbed. At a minimum ' the upslope will be graded to stabilize the cut. After preparation the roadway will be reseeded. It is unlikely that mulch or soil amenities will be needed since these graded 1