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EXHIBIT D - RECLAMATION PLAN <br />1. General Reclamation Plan <br />Re-vegetation of completed waste piles will be realized during the mining period, and these costs are <br />included in the mining budget. Final reclamation activities anticipated include the following: <br />• removal of the fuel tank, propane tank and heater <br />• backfilling smaller quarry entries, <br />• fencing of larger quarry entries, <br />• removal of the surface pipe to Yule Creek from the mine pump, <br />• final vegetation of the fine waste pile areas, and all areas between the large marble block <br />disposal areas <br />All sumps and ditches will be left in place for final reclamation. The sumps will eventually silt in and <br />revegetate due to the fine material trapped but, by that time, the piles will have been revegetated and the <br />site would be stabilized for erosion, and no sediment control will be needed. <br />The large marble blocks will be left in place. The access road will also be left after reclamation. <br />After mining is complete, the large underground openings are expected to be partially filled up with <br />waste marble and fenced Water will drain out of the lowest point of the North Portal. Since the quarry <br />does not generate large volumes of water, and all runoff from the quarry eventually feeds into the Yule <br />Creek, no significant impacts are anticipated on the hydrologic balance in the area. The marble waste <br />piles from past operations have been left with slopes estimated at 1.6:1 to 1.8:1 (horizontal:vertical). <br />These piles have remained stable for over 50 years due to the large size and competent nature of marble <br />blocks. CSQ plans to deposit waste so the final slope in areas where waste is added to existing piles is <br />1.8:1 or lower. The anticipated future use of the site is wildlife and recreation. <br />Yule Quarry April 10 33