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g) There is an existing trail utilized by the landowner to check fields. That trail <br />provides direct access from the pit onto the county roads. No new roads will <br />be required or improved. <br />h) No water is anticipated in conjunction with the operation. There could be <br />instances when heavy rainfall makes the site too muddy to continue. At those <br />times, mining will simply cease until the site becomes dry enough to mine <br />again. <br />i) Mining will not go into the groundwater at the site. <br />j) Since no water is to be used, there should be no injury to existing water rights. <br />k) No refuse, acid, or toxic producing materials are anticipated at the site. Other <br />mining enterprises in this part of Phillips County have never yielded any such <br />materials. <br />1) The finished pit will be returned to wildlife habitat in the area outside the <br />creek. No seeding is anticipated in the creek flow area. There should be no <br />disturbance to the hydrologic balance. <br />m) There is no processing of the material anticipated at the site. <br />n) The commodities to be mined are gravel, clay, and sand. <br />o) The mined materials will primarily be sold for construction material for <br />concrete. Following that use, the pit may have some material that can be used <br />for road construction or landscaping projects. <br />p) No explosives will be used in this operation. <br />EXHIBIT D - Reclamation Plan <br />The primary reclamation plan for the pit is to allow the floodwaters of Patent Creek to <br />smooth out and reclaim the creek flow area. That portion of the pit will essentially be <br />returned to being a dry, creek bed at the completion of the operation. The current creek <br />area only has a vegetative cover in dry periods. Floodwaters destroy such vegetation <br />periodically. No topsoil will be put in the creek bed since it would only be washed <br />downstream during the next heavy rainfall. The slope of the creek bank will be no <br />greater than 2:1.