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EXHIBIT D: Reclamation Plan <br />(a) After the mined deposit is removed, the mining equipment will be removed from the area <br />before the reclamation commences. Normally this will occur 30 to 60 days after mining is <br />complete. The estimated time of reclamation will run around 3 days per acre. This will include <br />moving the material into the mined area, compaction of fill, and grading the areas to finish <br />grade. It will take about %2 day per acre to conduct any straw mulching, fertilization and seeding. <br />If we are within the Nov. 1 to May 1 timeframe, we will proceed to seed grass immediately as <br />the final phase of the restoration process. <br />(b) The topsoil will be piled with 3:1 slopes and silt fence placed at the foot of the pile. If the topsoil <br />pile is expected to sit for periods greater than six (6) months, a summer annual plant may be <br />broadcast to vegetate the pile in consultation with the landowner. <br />(c) (i) We will use all available existing topsoil to reclaim the mine site. The existing topsoil is from 6 <br />to 12 inches in depth, so the reclaimed mine site will be some fraction of the existing because of <br />the 3:1 side slopes creating more surface area than at present. <br />(ii) The mine will be reseeded at the completion of the mining process. The topsoil will be spread <br />with scrapers, bladed to grade with a motor grader, and then chiseled or disked to prepare the <br />seed bed before drilling the seed. The date of the seeding will comply with the Nov. 1 to May 1 <br />seeding period recommended by the NRCS. <br />(iii) The grasses included in seed mix are as follows per NRCS recommendation: <br />a) Prairie Sandreed <br />b) Sand Bluestem G <br />c) Switchgrass / <br />d) Blue Grama <br />e) Needleandthread <br />f) Sun Sedge <br />(iv) The grass will be seeded 0.5 inches deep using a grass drill between May and November <br />of the year following the termination of the production at the gravel pit. We will spread <br />dry fertilizer before seeding using the USDA NRCS recommended application rate of 40 <br />pounds nitrogen and 40 pounds phosphorous applied per acre of reclaimed land. The <br />revegetation will only include drilling the above grass seed mix. There will be no trees, <br />shrubs, or other plants planted in the reclaimed area. We plan to replace the mined <br />areas with any available topsoil that is removed before the mining process. We are <br />predicting topsoil depths of 6 to 12 inches, quickly transitioning to sand. Any noxious <br />weeds encountered in the mining or reclamation process will be sprayed to prevent any <br />noxious weed infestation. <br />