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Blue Pit 112 Permit Amendment <br />Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br />General Reclamation Plan <br />As stated in the mining plan, the mining slope will be i.5H:iV to recover the material, with the <br />exception of the upper portion of the south slope in mining area 2, which will have a maximum <br />slope of 3H:1V. These slopes will be backfilled to the final reclamation slope of 3H:iV. A justification <br />of reasons why this slope is appropriate at this site is given in Section 7-84o Gravel Extraction <br />Regulations Exhibit K. The reclamation slope in Mining Area i is currently 2.oH:1V and will be <br />changed to 2.5H:1V with this Amendment of 2014. The material that will be used for this backfilling <br />will be salvaged overburden, washed fines, and import fill. Backfill and import material will be used <br />to reclaim the slopes in Mining Areas 2 and 3 from 1.5H:1V to 3H:iV. <br />The total permit area is 146.87 acres. The area to be mined is 123.59 acres. The difference of 23.28 <br />acres will be used for topsoil stockpiling, temporary wash plant location, shop area and access road <br />realignment. The post -mine land use acreage breakdown is shown in Table 4. The concrete plant <br />will remain in its current location after the mining is completed. This will allow for future concrete <br />demands to be met from this site. At that time, the aggregate needed will be imported to the site <br />to produce concrete. <br />Table 4: Post Mining Land Uses <br />Rangeland <br />Irrigated Pasture <br />Roads <br />Industrial <br />Total <br />104.07 <br />29.21 <br />5.12 <br />8.47 <br />146.87 <br />Overall, the pit slopes will be restored as rangeland and the pit floor in the western portion of <br />Mining area 2 will be restored as irrigated pasture. The industrial site consists of the concrete plant <br />and associated stockpiles and truck access. <br />The concrete plant is not operated by Western Slope Aggregates and it has its own special use <br />permit through Garfield County, therefore, it is anticipated that upon mining and reclamation <br />being completed the concrete plant will remain in place. No landscaping is planned in the industrial <br />area since it is currently being used for that purpose. The access road leading to the concrete plant <br />will also remain in place. There are no costs associated with the landscaping of the concrete plant <br />area. <br />The farm access road that is currently in use will be removed during mining and will be replaced <br />with a bypass road that is located on the west side of the operation. This road will allow the <br />landowner to continue to use the existing access road without having to travel into the pit to access <br />Blue Pit May 2014 E -1 <br />