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r • ~ ~ EXHIBIT C - f'~INING PLAN CONTINUED) $. THE MINE ACCESS WILL BE ON THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD, WHICH WILL NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY UPGRADED FOR THE MINE OPERATION. NOTE THAT THIS ROAD WAS DEVELOPED FOR RANCH MANAGEMENT PURPOSES AND HAS ALSO BEEN USED AS ACCESS TO THE OLD GRAVEL WORKINGS ADJOINING THE AFFECTED AREA ON THE WEST. THE ROAD 15 OH'NED BY THE ESTEY TRUST). 9. THERE IS NO RESON TO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED TO PRODUCE WASHED SAND AND GRAVEL IN THE WORKING AREA OF THE f~fARTIN PIT No. 1. NDR WILL THERE BE A NEED FOR OTHER WATER USES OR IMPROVEMENTS. IF WATER USES ARE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE THE OPERATORS WILL FILE A TECHNICAL REVISION WITH MLRD, AND COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES REGULATIONS PRIOR TO ANY WATER USE DR DEVELOPMENT. lO. THE AFFECTED AREA IS ON A DRY ALLUVIAL BENCH. NO WATER WILL BE INTERCEPTED. EITHER GROUND WATER OR SURFACE WATER. THERE WILL BE NO CHEMICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS ON THIS PROJECT SITE. il. THE OPERATORS HAVE NO PLANS TO USE, OR APPROPRIATE ANY UNAPPROPRIATED GROUND WATER OR SURFACE WATER. NONE WILL BE INTERCEPTED OR STORED. IT. THE PRODUCTS FROM THIS MINE WILL BE SIZED, SORTED, CRUSHED, MIXED, STOCKPILED AND REMOVED WITH STANDARD OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL INCLUDE RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADERS, CRAWLER TRACTORS, BACKHOE, SCREENING AND CRUSHING PLANT, TRUCKS AND OTHER SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT. 13. THE YAMPA RIVER IS A PERENNIAL STREAM ONE MILE TO THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT. THE PLANNED EXCAVATIONS, AND THE RECLAMATION, WILL BE PERFORMED iN A MANNER THAT WILL PREVENT DEGRADATION OF THE DRAINAGE CHANNELS WITHIN THE ADJOINING PROPERTY. 14. No STOCKPONDS ARE PLANNED FOR THE PROJECT. ZS. THE OPERATORS WILL FENCE THE MINING, RECLAMATION AND THE STOCKPILE AREAS TO EXCLUDE LIVESTOCK. MOST OF THE FENCE IS IN PLACE AND I7 EXCEEDS THE SPECiFICA7IONS REQUIRED BY THE COLORADO GRAZING LAW.