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CAMEO GRAVEL EXHIBIT D MINING PLAN 1.- PURPOSE: The following application is intended to be an expansion of an existing (110) limited Impact Permit approved by Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology in February, 1997. An existing mined lands permit M 96-076 for 9.55 acres was issued to the applicant Rudy Fontanari in the name of WESTERN SLOPE FLAGSTONE QUARRY NO. 2. The original application (1996) for a Colorado Mined Lands permit (M-96-076) was approved February 10, 1997 for a LIMITED IMPACT OPERATION (110) for a construction materials extraction operation affecting LESS than 10 acres. A REGULAR OPERATION {112) is currently being applied for to convert the existing (110) permit into an operation which would affect MORE than 10 acres. Colorado Mined Lands Board has determined that quarry operations shall be permitted separately from regular gravel extraction operations, but since this is a conversion application, the existing name on the application, WESTERN SLOPE FLAGSTONE QUARRY NO. 2 will remain, however, it does not reflect the true nature of the construction materials extraction operation. CAMEO GRAVEL was chosen as the operation name for the expansion of the existing (110) permit to a (112). 2.) IMPLEMENTATION: This application is intended to be consistent with the Construction Material Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, (Effective January, 1996). Specifically addressed in the following application are requirements from the Rules and Regulations found at Pages 127 through 137. 3.) SITE LOCATION: The site is located South and East of the I-70 Corridor, East of Powderhorn Coal Mine, Southeast of the Cameo Electric Generating Station and adjacent to the Ute Water Conservancy District Rapid Creek Filter Plant. The site consists of a high mesa which slopes Northerly at 5 - 6 °k grade toward the Colorado River and I-70. 4.) SITE OPERATION AND IMPACT: The hours of operation approved for Cameo Gravel Extraction by Mesa County Conditional Use Permit shall be 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM, 7 days a week. The proposed materials storage area, sales office and scales shall be located at the North end of a high mesa near I-70 frontage road. The natural topography of the proposed site is well buffered will restrict view from I-70 corridor or any residential site. Therefore, impact of the site operations on surrounding land uses will be minimal.