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Paul Banks and Associates, LLC <br />portion of the property and proceed east again, repeating this process until mining area <br />1 is exhausted (see Exhibit C -3 for mining sequence). <br />Mining area 2 (east of the Public Service Company power line) will be mined in the same <br />way, except it will proceed from east to west. The plant area will be mined last and the <br />processing equipment will be relocated to previously backfilled areas. The process <br />water ponds will be relocated and that area will be mined also. <br />Topsoil <br />Topsoil quantities sufficient to implement the reclamation plan (approximately 257,000 <br />cubic yards) will be salvaged and stockpiled. Approximately one foot of topsoil will be <br />recovered until there is enough available for reclamation and then after that topsoil <br />material will be handled and used as overburden (or perhaps sold off -site in relatively <br />small quantities). <br />Topsoil will be stockpiled along Nyberg Road for mining area 1 and along the eastern <br />portion of mining area 2 (see Exhibit C -3). Topsoil stockpiles will be seeded with the <br />seed mix contained in the reclamation plan (Exhibit E) to stabilize them and protect them <br />from erosion until the topsoil is used for reclamation. <br />Overburden <br />Overburden (clay and silt) averages approximately 6 feet thick across the property. <br />Overburden material for the entire mine area will amount to approximately 3.4 million <br />cubic yards. This material will be used as reclamation backfill. <br />Overburden removed at the start of mining will be stockpiled at the eastern end of the <br />plant area and in the southern portion of mining area 1. These stockpiles will remain in <br />place and will be used for reservoir construction. An adequate volume of overburden will <br />be stockpiled to backfill the areas shown on Exhibit F: Reclamation Plan Map at the end <br />of mining operations. See Exhibit C -3 for approximate overburden stockpile locations. <br />Sand and Gravel <br />Nominal thickness of sand and gravel on the site is 25 feet. This will amount to a total <br />reserve of approximately 12 million cubic yards (18,000,000 tons). About 10% of the <br />St. Barbara Sand and Gravel Mine <br />Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. 9 <br />10031 <br />June 15, 2011 <br />