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<br />EXHIBIT D - WILDLI~'$, WATER RESOURCES <br />VEGETATION ND SOILS <br />Inspection of the premises reveals the presence of no <br />wildlife, although one would suspect the occasional presence <br />of jack rabbits and cotton tails along with small rodents. <br />There are no water resources nor are any water rights <br />affected or required by the mining operations. Minor <br />amounts of runoff from rain and other forms of precipitation <br />will occasionally accumulate in the pit. However, the <br />amounts will be in insignificant quantities which will <br />percolate or evaporate on a time scale comparable to the <br />percolation and evaporation of natural accumulations of <br />runoff. <br />Vegetation consists primarily of native grasses, soap <br />weed, and sage brush growing in extremely sandy soils. <br />Because of the semi-arid conditions which are natural to the <br />area, the native plants are adapted to growing under adverse <br />conditions without any special quality of topsoil. This is <br />evidenced by the fact that an adjoining area which was mined <br />and abandoned before such operations were required ~. <br />permitted, is revegetating itself with natural grasses <br />without reclamation procedures. Also, because accumulations <br />of runoff occur in somewhat greater than normal <br />concentrations at the bottom of the abandoned pit, a <br />cottonwood tree has established itself and grown to <br />maturity. <br />