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EXHIBIT D <br />1 <br />MINING PLAN AND TI6IETABLE <br />Mining Plan. The property known as the Church Pit was originally <br />' leased from Marcus Church (the land and mineral owner) in about <br />1955 by John Harvey. h4r. Harvey operated the pit for a number of <br />' years until his death in about 1967. In 1968, the Lakewood Brick & <br />Tile Company signed a lease agreement with Mr. Church covering the <br />old pit and the area between the pit and the Rocky Flats Plant <br />' entrance road. Lakewood Brick has operated in this open pit area <br />continuously (except for seasonal shutdown) since 1968. In late <br />' 1974, Mr. Church sold the property to the United States of America, <br />AEC, later renamed the Department of Energy. Mr. Church retained <br />the mineral rights and the right to mine the minerals. In 1978, <br />~~ ' Mr. Church and Lakewood Brick signed another lease which covered <br />additional lands north of the old excavation. (See Legal <br />' Description, Exhibit A, and map Exhibit C.) <br />Before the extraction of clay was begun, the entire area <br />' was a habitat for non-critical wildlife. In 1974, it became part <br />' of an expanded buffer zone for the Department of Energy plant. <br />Map Exhibit C indicates the present limits of the Church Pit. <br />' Mining started on the north end of the present excavated area and <br />progressed toward the southern limit of the lease (the southern <br />' limit ends 50 feet north of the Roclcy Flats plant road right-of-way). <br />Only that area outlined in yellow has been affected land since <br />July 1, 1976. It is expected that mining in the southern area <br />' (Stage O) will be completed in 1982. <br />1 <br /> 5 <br />1 <br />