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EXHIBIT E Reclamation Plan <br /> The primary reclamation plan for the pit is to allow the floodwaters of Frenchman Creek to <br /> smooth out and reclaim the creek flow area. That portion of the pit will essentially be returned <br /> to being a dry, creek bed at the completion of the operation. The current creek area only has a <br /> vegetative cover in dry periods. Floodwaters destroy such vegetation periodically. No topsoil <br /> will be put in the creek bed since it would only be washed downstream during the next heavy <br /> rainfall. The area on each side of the creek and the creek banks will be back sloped from the <br /> bottom of the pit area to the original ground elevation at a slope no steeper than 2:1. Those <br /> areas will have topsoil replaced,then be seeded according to recommendations received from <br /> the Natural Resource Conservation Service and included in the original 110 permit. <br /> a) The creek bed currently has gravel at the surface. There is no topsoil in the creek <br /> bed itself. Creek banks have topsoil ranging from 4-5" in depth. That topsoil will be <br /> stockpiled and returned during the reclamation process. <br /> b) Slopes no greater than 2:1 will be left in the completed pit. <br /> c) Sloping will occur as material is mined. <br /> d) The access driveways will be left intact once the mining is complete. <br /> e) There are no other reclamation treatments to note for this site. <br /> Haynes Hereford Ranch Pit Page 5 <br />