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<br />EXHIBIT D <br />6.3.4 <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />AVALANCHE CREEK MARBLE & ALABASTER LLC <br />WHITE HANKS MINE <br />6.3.4(1)(a) Replacement of Overburden <br />The White Banks Mine is an underground operation. Overbwden in the usual sense of the term is <br />not present. Minimal topsoil and weathered alabaster has been and will be removed before <br />distwbance as described previously and replaced as part of the reclamation process. <br />6.3.4(1)(b) Maximum Gradient of Reclaimed Slopes <br />The only slope to be modified in the Main Yazd area southwest of FDR 3 ] 0 is embankment of FDR <br />310, where an access road to the yazd area will be constructed. This access road will be removed <br />upon reclamation and the material used to blend the slope into the existing FDR 310 embankment. <br />Maximum slope will be 3:1. <br />Slopes on the northeast side of FDR 3 ] 0 will be regraded to blend in with the existing topography, <br />which is quite steep. Natwal slope angles for the most part exceed 2:1 and in some cases are vertical <br />or overhanging. Distwbed rock slopes and ledges may be left as exposed, coated as necessary with <br />an artiScial weathering agent to blend in with adjacent natural exposwes. Other slopes will be graded <br />to slopes of 3:1 or less except where steeper slopes are necessary to extend and blend into existing <br />topography. <br />6.3.4(1)(c) Measures That Will be Taken to Revegetate <br />6.3.4(1)(c)(I) Plant growth medium <br />Existing growth medium north of FDR 310 is thin to virtually absent, rocky and gypsiferous <br />where present (see description of soil units). South of FDR 310 growth medium is thicker <br />but limited in organic material. Topsoil will be replaced to a thickness of approximately 6 <br />inches on appropriate slopes north of FDR 310, and approximately 12 inches on areas south <br />west of FDR 310. Topsoil will be measwed after removal for quantity and sampled to <br />determine amendments required to reestablish vegetation after reclamation, if any. <br />6.3.4(1)(c)(ii) Seeding schedule, seedbed preparation, application rate, fertilizer <br />Reclaimed areas and distwbed areas requiring seeding for interim stabilization will be seeded <br />between October 15 and November I5, or if not seeded during this period (distwbed after <br />November 30), between April 1 and May I5. <br />.e. July ie.Iw 111.UPMl III~~~~~~I~~I~'/ <br />