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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. As <br />described in the subsection Additional Sediment Control Measures in the Mining Plan, the steep slope of <br />fines above the McIntyre property will be stabilized soon after the 2010 Amendment is approved, by <br />placing permanent erosion control mat on the surface with an organic fertilizer and the prescribed seed <br />mix. Also, all the areas of fines around the existing blocks above the Mcintyre property will be seeded <br />and mulched, further reducing erosion. These measures will prevent any significant erosion to the <br />Mcintyre property from mine related disturbance. <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 />Yule Quarry April 10 37