PERMFILE102061

• Permit No: M2001001
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/8/2001
• Doc Name: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS REGULAR 112 OPERATION RECLAMATIO PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• Exhibit Page 8 •
EXHIBIT D -MINING PLAN
GENERAL CONCEPT:
Mining of the site will proceed generally from the south to the north and the east to the
west. A total of approximately 18.9 acres will be affected by operations. As the
permitted area is entirely surrounded by leased areas under the same ownership as a
buffer zone from neighboring landowners, and from the river to protect riparian habitat
and wetlands. A buffer zone of approximately 75 feet from the highway will be
maintained, through which pass power lines, telephone cable, fence, and the Home
Ditch. Access is through a relocated existing access off the highway which also serves
the Line Camp ranch headquarters and will continue as field/pond access after mining.
Mining will be conducted in two broad phases, the first ("upper level") in which no
pumping of water will be done (storm water from the pit will flow through an existing
gravity drain pipe), and a second ("lower level") in which water will be pumped out of
the pit and discharged (through the same drain pipe).
Mining consists of:
1. stripping and conserving topsoil (averaging 2 feet), screening most of these
materials to remove oversized, then moving these materials either to berms, other
stockpiles or directly to backfill and reclaim areas;
2. removing of the sand and gravel (with loaders and/or backhoes) and moving these
materials to stockpiles in the plant area;
3. screening and/or washing of sand and gravel (and possible crushing of oversize
materials), moving these to stockpiles in the plant area prior to shipping from the
site; and
4. use of waste fines (from screening and/or washing) for backfilling, either
immediately, or after stockpiling.
Screening and washing may be done with a portable plant brought into the site as
required. Oversize materials (cobbles) will be stockpiled and sold as-is, used as backfill,
and/or may be crushed periodically for use as aggregate. Crushing and associated
screening may be done with a portable plant brought into the site as required. While
unlike, if plants are not brought on site, processing will be done at an off-site location at
a plant site such as a ready-mix plant or other plant using the material. Other than the
upper two feet (which will be considered and treated as topsoil after it is screened to
remove oversize rocks), there is no overburden on the site.
Production will not exceed 200,000 tons per year and will generally be less than
150,000 tons per year. For planning purposes, annual production estimates of
approximately 140,000 tons per year are used. Based on this annual tonnage, life of
this pit is approximately 5 years.
Each year, a plant stockpile area of between 1 and 3 acres will be used for materials
stockpiles and a plant area of about half that size will be required for the
screening/washing plants and supporting activities. The area actually mined will vary
from year to year, depending on the level worked. Mining will begin in the southeast
Four States Aggregates, LLC 30 DEC 2000
Application for Permit: Line Camp Pit FSA-LCP-D1-001