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EXHIBIT D <br />Mining Plan <br />Mining Limits <br />Journey Ventures, LLC proposes to mine in the southeast % and the southeast % of the <br />northwest % of Section 7, Township 5 North, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., in Weld County, <br />Colorado. The proposed mining site is located approximately 1 mile north and 1 mile west of the <br />Town of Kersey, and approximately 1 mile north of State Highway 34. The South Platte River is <br />approximately 2,500 feet north of the site and the North and South Branches of the Plum Ditch <br />are adjacent to the north side of the permit boundary. Weld County Road 51 is immediately <br />adjacent to the east side of the permit boundary. Weld County Road 58 is adjacent a portion of <br />the permit boundary on the south side of the site. Access to the site will be located at the <br />southwest corner of the permit boundary off of Weld County Road 58. The dominant land use <br />surrounding the property is agricultural. <br />An aggregate processing plant area and a concrete and asphalt batch plant area will be located <br />within the mining area as shown on the Mining Plan Map. These areas will contain stockpiles, <br />portable equipment, storage bins, and silos as necessary to support the plant operations. <br />Designated locations for concrete truck washout and excess concrete product dumping will be <br />provided to ensure that waste materials are recycled and kept from entering the stormwater <br />flows on the site. <br />The concrete truck washout area will be a 30 foot by 20 foot three cell concrete structure. <br />Concrete trucks will wash the residual product from their mixing drums and chutes into the first <br />cell of the structure. The first cell spills into the second cell, which spills into the third cell. This <br />allows the aggregate and suspended fines to settle into the cells over time. The water and <br />settled material in the three cells is then removed as required and recycled into the concrete <br />batch plant. Generally, the cells are cleaned on a weekly schedule. <br />The excess product dumping area will be approximately 50 feet by 100 feet and have an <br />exterior berm to limit the migration of stormwater flows to and from the surrounding areas. <br />Excess product that is deposited in this area will be allowed to cure for approximately 90 days <br />until it becomes inert. It will then be crushed and recycled. <br />All local, State, and Federal rules and regulations will be followed for the storage and handling <br />of any fuel, asphalt, cement, flyash, and admixtures required for the batching facilities. <br />The permit boundary will encompass approximately 84.63 acres with approximately 70.16 acres <br />being mined. The remaining area will consist of setbacks, road and utility right-of-ways, <br />equipment storage, and plant site access. <br />Various setbacks from adjacent roads, adjacent structures, and oil and gas infrastructure will be <br />maintained as mining occurs. All setbacks specified in the surface use agreements with the <br />oil/gas companies will be followed. Attached are draft surface use agreements with the pertinent <br />oil/gas companies. The final executed agreements are expected to be obtained in the near <br />future and will be forwarded to the Division when they are available. A minimum 200 foot <br />setback from any existing oil/gas facility will be maintained until that time. See Exhibit C, Mining <br />Journey <br />UT Consulting, Inc. Journey Ventures Pit <br />V' DRMS 112 Permit Application