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EXHIBIT D Sunbeam Pit #l -Mining Plan The Sunbeam Pit #1 is a proposed sand and gravel mine approximately''/2 mile east of the community of Sunbeam, Colorado. Moffat County will upgrade 350 feet of the existing access road across land belonging to the Brannan Brothers from State Highway #318 to the 68.148-acre project site. (See Exhibits A, C-1, C-2, C-3, N-1, N-2, & N-3) The purpose ofthis project is to replace Moffat County's available gravel resources that have been mined-out in the Sandrock Mine #2 area two miles east of the proposed Sunbeam Pit #1. This gravel will primarily provide pit-run, road-base, paving chips and other asphalt materials for Moffat County's highway maintenance system over the next ten years, or more. The project is on State land and State owned minerals. The site is burdened with a power line, underground telephone line, irrigation ditch, irrigation pipeline, and two access roads. (See Exhibit C-2) Moffat County will not disturb these improvements except for the existing roads. In our plan we will eliminate that portion of the access road now running north of the irrigation ditch and parallel to it, and we will replace it with an access road along the west boundary of the project as shown on Exhibit C-3. In the interest of safety, Moffat County may modify the alignment of the other existing access roads, and may improve them as necessary. Moffat County will not obstruct the legally acquired access across the project site. The significant disturbances will be limited to the mining, storage and removal of surface mineable materials on the permitted area. No off-site facilities will be involved. The major drainage systems will be reclaimed without interruption; however, the operator may elect to divert local drainage water into low areas within the excavation areas. If these low areas tend to impound significant amounts of water, Moffat County will notify the State of Colorado of the water status, and will suggest that they file for the storage right under Colorado Water Law. The topsoil depth is from 6" to 12" throughout the affected area. This humic material will be stripped and stockpiled in an inactive portion of the affected area, and it will be protected from drainage channels until needed for reclamation. The topsoil piles will be separated from other stored materials. Seeding them with Moffat County's seed-mix and application formula will stabilize the topsoil piles. Signs will be placed to identify the topsoil and to caution not to remove. The road-base stockpiles will be protected from erosion channels and they will be identified and kept separate from other stockpiled materials. Moffat County does not expect to have to store overburden or processed rejects, but if such a need arises, the County will identify and stabilize any such materials if they are to be stored for more than a year. Exhibit D (page 1)