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.Q • _/ EXHIBIT D - RECLAMATION PLAN J Z. THE PRIFIARY PRODUCT WILL BE SAND AND GRAVEL. THESE FiATERIALS ARE OVERLAIN BY A SANDY CLAY MATERIAL THAT WILL RUN BETWEEN ~ AND 6 FEET IN DEPTH. MOST OF THIS SANDY CLAY WILL BE USED IN 7HE ROADBASE PRODUCT. THE EXCESS OVERBURDEN, 1F ANY, WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MINED-OUT PORTIONS OF THE PIT AS THE MINING PROGRESSES. THE OPERATOR WILL BRING THE PIT AREA AND ITS SLOPES TO GRADE AS SOON AS IT IS PRACTICAL. T. THE OPERATOR WILL FOLLOW THE RECLAMATION RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE U.S. SOIL CONSERVATION REPORT DRAFTED BY STERLING MOSS, RANGE CONSERVATIONIST. HOWEVER, IN THAT REPORT MR. MOSS RECOMMENDS "A SLOPE NOT EXCEEDING 6:1 IF A7 ALL POSSIBLE°. WHERE IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE THE OPERATOR WILL MEET THE 6:Z SLOPE RECOMMENDATION, HUT, BECAUSE THE EXISTING SURFACE IS STEEPER THAN 6:Z IN PLACES, AND BECAUSE A IS F7. EXCAVATION DEPTH WOULD REQUIRE A T07AL OF 1HO FEET OF SLOPES, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP SUCH A LONG, NARROW GRAVEL DEPOSIT UNDER THOSE REDUIREMENTS. THE ~~ OPERATOR WILL MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE, BUT, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER,THE OPERATOR WILL MAINTAIN A MAXIMUM SLOPE GRADIENT OF 4:1_ ~~HORIZONTAL TD VERTICAL) OTHERWISE. 3. WHERE IT IS PRACTICAL TO DO S0, THE OPERATOR WILL SLOPE THE SIDES AND REPLACE THE TOPSOIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER MINING, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE PIT WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY MINED, THERE WILL BE LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THE TOPSOIL WiLI BE STORED FOR RECLAMATION. IN THESE INSTANCES THE OPERATOR WILL OBSERVE THE SOIL CONSERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO STABILIZE THE TOPSOIL AND OVERBURDEN PILES. ~. BECAUSE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE LAND USE ]S A WHEAT FIELD THE OPERATOR WILL PREPARE THE SOIL FOR THAT PUROPSE BY FOLLOWING THE SOIL CONSERVATION REPORT S RECOMMENDATIONS. 5. No BUILDINGS OR OTHER MAN-MADE STRUCTURES WILL REMAIN AFTER RECLAMATION. THE ACCESS ROAD WILL REMAIN FOR FARM MANAGEMENT PURPOSES. 6. EXHIBITS E AND E'1 SHOW ALL OF THE FEATURES OF THE MINING PLAN. ~. THE ISSUES OF HYDRAULIC BALANCE AND OFF-SITE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN ADDRcSSES IN THE MINING PLAN. IT CAN BE ADDED THAT THIS 1S A DRY ALLUVIAL OPERATION THAT WILL NOT INTERCEPT SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND WATER. THE OPERATION WILL PROCEED FROM WEST TO EAST IN A MANNER THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THE OFF-SITE AND LOCAL DRAINAGES. THE AFFECTED AREA WILL BE IMPP.OVED AtJD SUITABLE FOR CON71tJUED FARMING USES AFTER RECLAIiAT10N.