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EXHIBIT D-MINING PLAN • Mining operations will oorrtinue as in the past with aggregate removal via bulldaser and front~nd loaders. The front~nd loader will load a portable primary crusher located at the pit face. Topsoil has been stripped to a depth of 8 to 18 inches and has been used to construct berms on the outer edges of the affected properly. A 100-foot setback along the northem and eastern boundary will be maintained and a 250-foot setback will be maintained on the weslem boundary adjacent to the Mount Elbert Conduit easement. Ponderosa Pine, native grasses and topsoil will be maintained with limited dsturbance within these setback areas Aggregate extraction operations in the future will continue from the present pit location, in Section 7, with the extraction face progressing south towards the northem boundary of Section 18. Phase I mining will continue to approximately 300 feet from the northem boundary of Section 18. Phase II mining operations will relocate mining operations to the West Side of the de-silting basins in Section 7. Mining will proceed south to approximately 300 feet from the northem boundary of Section 18. Phase II I will proceed on the southern boundaries of phase I and phase II. At this time aggregate processing facilities will relocate to the phase III area. The concrete batch plant and portable asphalt concrete plant will remain in the phase I area. All mining phases will mine up to 15 feet on the north /north east side and 3 feet on the south /south west side of the Templeton Irrigation ditch (which passes through the property) and slope down towards the bottom of the pit with a 4:1 slope. The ditch will be lined with cobble or an appropriate lining to avoid erosion and seepage of the d'Rch. If erosion occurced the intermittent flows may divert into the pit operations this is the reason for the ditch lining. The setback on either side of the ditch will allow monitoring of this ditch throughout the mine life and beyond. Preferably the topsoil removed for mining operations (4 to 12 inch depth) will be placed on the east and west pit slopes as those slopes are finish graded, and as the mining progresses to the • south. Prior to any slopes being ready the topsoil will he placed in berms at the edge of pit in preparation to be placed on the slope face. These berms will be approximately 8 to 10 feet high with actual height dependent on the amount of topsoil encountered in the various stripping locations. The berms will be seeded and mulched to prevent erosion while waiting to be placed on the final pit slope. A final maximum pit depth of 45 feet may be obtained if no water is enoountered. Test holes have been dug to 45 feet and no water has been encountered. The operators intention is to mine above the water table (the water table will not be exposed during mining nor will subsurtace waters be impacted by mining operations. Final slopes within the mined out pit areas will he no steeper than 4:1 (H:~. Working stockpiles of construction materials for recycling may be located within the affected land at various times. These products, inGuding broken asphalt and concrete, will be stockpiled prior to processing to use in recyced construction materials (recycled asphalt or recyced road base products). Processing of gravel products inGudes primary and secondary crushing units (jaw, cone or impact crushers), and screening systems to remove fines and size final products. Crushing and screening equipment is portable, sited Gose to the mining face for loading with a front~nd loader. Other process equipment on site indudes a gravel wash plant, with blade mill, wash screen, sand classifier, sand screw, water pumps, and stacking conveyors. Also on site may be a concrete batch plant and a portable asphalt mix plant (on an as needed, job tojob basis). Schematics showing equipment capacities and rates are inGuded in this exhibit.