2013-05-23_PERMIT FILE - M2013031

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Exhibit Page 14 feature: the north -south haul road (along and in the WAPA easement) will continue to end at the north property line. Haul roads will be constructed to county specifications as needed for access to the working faces and work areas, and in accordance with landowner wishes, and will remain after mining and reclamation. PREVIOUS SITE DEVELOPMENT: Map C -1 shows existing features, primarily the access road to the southeastern corner of the site, and the WAPA power pylons and access road (to be converted to the north -south haul road. A small dam holds a stockpond on the south permit boundary and a dugout is located at the southwest corner; various trails cross the property. The only other features of the property are the fencelines along the north, east, south and north half of the west sides of the site, all of which are owned by the site owner, and which have been cleared with trails along the fence. This property was part of a larger tract (the Wallace property, until 2009) on which mining has been done for several decades; there has also been mining to the north and southwest of the site, and mining to the north is on- going. TABLE D -1. SUMMARY OF AFFECTED LANDS FOR LIFE OF MINE Activity Period Impacted Maximum Remarks Acres Work area Life of mine 3.8 Affected but not mined Haul roads (outside mining Life of mine 2.8 Improved but not mined area ) (to be permanent) Mining area (A to L) Varying from 3 years 44.2 Mined and reclaimed, includes 0.7 up to life of mine acres of WAPA easement not mined. Total 1 1 50.8 1 Maximum affected in an wa Affected lands include roads, stockpile areas, berms, areas to be backfilled with overburden, and areas in buffer zones where sand and gravel are not actually mined. Mining area size assumes that all areas will be mined; but some areas may not be mined, due to excessive overburden or poor quality of material. STOCKPILE CONSTRUCTION: SOIL: Soil will be stockpiled immediately after stripping, unless immediately spread on areas being reclaimed. Stockpiles will either be berms (generally 10 -20 feet wide and 2 -5 feet high) used for storm water control, or in large stockpiles of varying sizes, to be determined. The berms and stockpiles will have a maximum slope of 1:1, and will be prepared (including stabilization against erosion), seeded, and mulched as they are completed. As stripping will generally be done in late summer or early fall, immediately prior to mining, seeding would be done in the fall, as recommended by NRCS. "EXCESS ": Fines from screening will also either be backfilled immediately in reclamation areas, or be stockpiled in the same manner as topsoil, though seeding may be done in the spring if stockpiled too late in the fall to meet NRCS recommendations. These fines will be able to be treated and used as subsoil and backfill, for reclamation. RAW AND PROCESSED MATERIALS: Stockpiles of raw and processed materials will be located in the mining and work areas, and located in such way as to provide wind screens for plants and other stockpiles (for air emissions control and visibility reduction). Stockpiles will normally not be wetted. Since there may be some fines from crushing and screening not sold, and sediment removed from storm water controls, these may be stockpiled similarly before backfill use. Various plants for processing and use of mined materials may be located in the mining and work areas, with necessary protection and controls. Because soil /overburden /waste fines stockpiles will be used only when it is not feasible to immediately backfill and replace topsoil in areas which have been mined, specific topsoil and