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EXHIBIT C (pg 3) <br />Tree harvest would be followed by salvage of topsoil with residua] vegetation. <br />Vegetation would be stripped, topsoil would be stockpiled, and ripping and <br />dozing operations would remove the weathered granite and limestone <br />materials until materials requiring blasting would be encountered. These <br />materials would be pushed northward from each ridge to allow construction of <br />access roads for haul trucks. Topsoil stockpiles would be located on the west <br />end of the national Forest System lands, on the area not affected by [he <br />layback but within the permitted 26 acres. Topsoil would be removed to the <br />layback area as reclamation operations take place. <br />4. Benches would be developed on both the north and central ridges through <br />drilling and blasting operation. Fill materials will be used initially to <br />construct haul roads after the placement of culverts. <br />After the highest cliffs are constructed by pre-split drilling and blasting the <br />granite in the ridges at the westem edge of the mining azea, benching and <br />slope backfilling would begin on the slope below. Slopes would be no steeper <br />than 2:1. <br />The placement of topsoil donated by the community and stockpiled at the <br />quarry for use in reclamation on private land would be placed after the <br />completion of each 30-40 vertical feet of slope. No ]azge amounts of donated <br />topsoil will be used on national Forest System lands. Small quantities of <br />donated topsoil with similar characteristics and materials as the existing <br />topsoil can be used as soil supplementation on national Forest System ]ands. <br />Castle Concrete will make efforts to screen the donated topsoil to comply with <br />Forest Service requirements. <br />7. The sequence presented in steps 5 and 6 would occur along the entire western <br />slope of the expanded quarry. <br />Phase 2 <br />Mining operations under phase 2 include both federal lands and the already <br />permitted areas. First, limestone and granite from the lower part of the National Forest <br />System land would be hauled for processing and for filling and/or processing, <br />respectively. The uplifted sandstone would be used as fill material. Second, the layback <br />operation will continue toward the east, into the area currently permitted for mining. <br />Under this phase, 30-40 feet high, 60-degree walls would be required in the granite. <br />Additional backfil] would be required [o maintain the 2:1 slope to the bottom of the <br />quarry. These benches would also allow for catching materials that could fall off the <br />slope. <br />