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Exhibit Page 19
<br />EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN
<br />GENERAL CONCEPT (6.4.5(2)a.)
<br />The mine will be reclaimed as grazing land with a system of roads, in accordance with
<br />landowner wishes. Acreages are shown in Table E -1. The objective of the reclamation is to
<br />create a stable topography and biological community that can sustain the proposed post- mining
<br />use of the land and protect downstream water quality and quantities. As much as possible, soil,
<br />overburden, and excess materials will be placed directly into areas being reclaimed. When
<br />temporarily used for berms /stockpiles, materials will be protected for final use.
<br />TABLE E -1. Summary of reclamation areas (complete project)
<br />Area
<br />Nature
<br />Size
<br />Key features
<br />Actions
<br />acres
<br />Remarks
<br />Grazing
<br />Grass
<br />162
<br />Slopes from flat to 2H:1 V, smooth
<br />Leave at final grade after mining, with overburden
<br />Land
<br />with
<br />transitions, small areas not mined
<br />used for backfill, and placement of soil.
<br />limited
<br />and not requiring reclamation
<br />Revegetate (seed grass, use mulch /fertillizer if
<br />other
<br />inside the area
<br />needed). Some berms /stockpiles may be left to
<br />vegetation
<br />I
<br />provide animal shelter and wind erosion control
<br />Roads
<br />Roads,
<br />66
<br />County - specification gravel roads
<br />Place /replace base course and wearing surface,
<br />shoulders,
<br />with shoulders, bar ditches,
<br />crowned, gravel (roadbase), ditches to have soil
<br />drainage
<br />culverts and other typical
<br />and grass.
<br />s stems
<br />features, in 60 -ft ROW
<br />Water
<br />Berms,
<br />25
<br />Basins, dams, swales, ditches,
<br />Construct using overburden and base course
<br />control
<br />basins,
<br />detention and retention
<br />material, install armor (riprap /gravel) as suitable,
<br />and
<br />(evaporation and infiltration)
<br />place soil and seed to grass on slopes and areas
<br />ditches,
<br />basins. No permanent open
<br />with limited exposed water; leave basin and ditch
<br />spreader
<br />water unless water rights are
<br />floors without soil: use temporary and permanent
<br />areas
<br />obtained.
<br />storm water erosion and sediment controls
<br />Undisturbed
<br />As found,
<br />30
<br />Isolated areas and fringe areas
<br />Document and leave undisturbed, block access,
<br />pre-
<br />along boundary where terrain or
<br />prevent excessive runon of storm water and
<br />mining
<br />overburden makes mining
<br />sediments, prevent erosion if directly related to
<br />uneconomical
<br />mining activities.
<br />Total
<br />283
<br />COMPARISON OF LAND USE (6.4.5.(2)b.)
<br />The proposed post- mining use conforms to present and planned land use for the area. The site is zoned as A/R -35+
<br />by the County, and there are no state land use plans, to our knowledge. The area is recognized as a mining area
<br />dating from prior to County planning (back to at least 1983). Other LMN Properties land to the north and east has
<br />both mining and grazing; adjacent properties to the south are also agricultural (grazing) use with mining use. There
<br />are no residential or commercial properties adjacent to the proposed permit boundaries. Use for mining and after
<br />reclamation for developed water resource and pastureland conforms to both immediate land use and land use in the
<br />general area. Although there are residential, commercial, and more intensive agricultural lands located within a mile
<br />of the permit area (to the north, along the Dolores River and south along SH -184), these are located in valleys or
<br />beyond, lower in elevation and separated from the permit area by a steep, forested valley wall.
<br />COMPLIANCE WITH RECLAMATION STANDARDS (6.4.5.(2)c.)
<br />In demonstration of compliance with state standards (Rule 3.1), the following information is provided. Please refer to
<br />maps in Exhibit F. There is no reason to believe that toxic or acid - forming, or toxic producing materials are found on
<br />site. Therefore no special action is necessary to prevent leaching, protect the drainage system, or prevent
<br />unauthorized release of pollutants to surface water or groundwater, beyond that necessary for erosion control.
<br />Grading (3.1.5(1))
<br />Mining faces uphill will be 1:1 with some limited vertical slopes (reduced to 1:1 while still mining, except on the
<br />edge of the affected lands, where vertical slopes may be used and immediately backfilled. ALL faces will be
<br />graded and /or backfilled immediately after mining (by blocks) to a stable slope of 2H:1 V or less. If there is clay
<br />or other material that cannot be mined between the gravel and the shale bedrock, it will be graded and /or ripped
<br />to provide a smooth subsoil base of 1 to 1 -1/2 feet thickness. If there is no suitable material above the shale
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