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N ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~ s+~ EXHIBIT D--RECLAMATION PLAN D.1 General At the conclusion of mining, all ventilation and production shafts will be back- filled, all structures removed, the waste dump recontoured and available topsoil spread over it to support vegetation. The direct costs are estimated to be $20,631 and the work is anticipated to take approxim?tely one month. See Fig- ure D-1 and Tables D-1 & D-2 for details of how the work would proceed. D.2 Reclamation of the Van 4 Shaft and Ventilation Raises. After removal of surface structures, the shafts will be balled with mine rock to within eight feet of surface. If low~rade piles exist on surface at the time of closing, this material will be used first to backfill the holes. Each hole will then receive a 5 foot minimum concrete plug, and then covered with at least one foot of topsoil. The area surrounding the hole will then be scarified and reseeded as out lined below. • D.3 Removal of Structures. All surface structures including buildings, headframe, hoist, transformers, fences, company-0wned power lines, fans and operation-related debris will be removed and sold for salvage, buried as allowed by law, or disposed of in a li- censed landfill. It is anticipated that no sign of the Van 4 operations be left on surface other than a small surface expression of the waste dump. D.4 Recontouring of Waste Dump The waste dump will be recountoured to blend with the surrounding to- pography with the out slopes reduces to a slope of 3:1 or less. While it is not anticipated, any increase in the footprint of the dump due to slope reduction will be after any and all topsoil is pulled back from the edge for use as additional plant support medium. The crest of the dump will be fitted with a berm of at least one foot in height to prevent erosion of the slopes and water bars will be in- stalled at regular intervals on the surface of the dump to retain moisture, trap sediments and control runoff. In addition to the above, a small ditch and berm will be constructed around the down gradient side of the dump to insure that no material leaves the site. The dump will then be covered with topsoil as available and reseeded as outlined below.