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RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT <br />6.45 Reclamation Plan Exhibit <br />(1) The Operator /Applicant will reclaim this mine site back to rangeland. No trees, shrubs or <br />bushy -type vegetation will be planted, only the appropriate grasses selected by the NRCS <br />please see the seed mixture provided by Mr. Tony Arnhold District Conservationist NRCS <br />Walsenburg, Colorado. The suggested seed mixture will be used on this site. The site will be <br />graded to compliment and work with the surrounding topography. The pit floor will be flat and <br />the slopes will be graded at 3H: 1V or flatter. The saved topsoil (please see Mining Map <br />Exhibit C for locations) will be spread over all the disturbed areas and prepared for seeding <br />according to the NRCS recommendations. Topsoil will be replaced at 6" - 8 ". <br />(2) The entire affected area will be reclaimed as rangeland. This use was selected by the <br />landowners as being consistent with the other acreage they own adjacent to the affected area. <br />The landowners do not want the access /haul road reclaimed, as it will provide ingress and <br />egress to the balance of their acreage, and will allow for cattle feeding and round -up. <br />(a) Earthmoving in reclamation will be simple and representative of this type deposit. <br />Mining will leave a level pit floor with some slight undulation (plus /minus 6 ") differential <br />contours to facilitate revegetation and to conform more closely to the surrounding <br />topography. A Conditional Special Use Permit (CUP) in Huerfano County will be <br />obtained and issued before mining shall commence. <br />(b) Post mining land use, as rangeland is consistent with the land use in the vicinity. <br />The landowner will use this area as rangeland. <br />(c) A description of how the Reclamation Plan will be implemented to meet each <br />applicable requirement of Section 3.1, Reclamation Performance Standards. <br />Reclamation Performance Required Standards follow: <br />