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EXHIBIT E <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> The affected land shall be reclaimed to its original land use of limited wildlife habitat. Due to the severity <br /> of slope of the terrain and the hard rock outcropping, it would not be applicable to other productive <br /> uses. <br /> General reclamation plan is to backfill or grade affected areas with sandstone overburden to various <br /> depths and reduce the slopes on manmade fill in and outside the quarried areas but within the affected <br /> acreage boundary. A diverse topography highly suited to its reclaimed use will be built which <br /> incorporates varying slopes, highwalls or cliffs,talus slopes and small canyons or steep sided gullies with <br /> rock walls.The seed will be spread with conventional seeding methods,applied as a hydromulch or hand <br /> broadcast at 18 lbs.per acre during the growing season. <br /> The method of backfilling the quarried area with sandstone overburden was chosen as the best means <br /> of achieving reclamation of the affected land for two (2) main reasons: <br /> 1. The sandstone overburden will consist of sufficient quality of fine material which will allow root <br /> growth of grasses,shrubs while still containing enough larger rock to maintain erosional <br /> stability.The quarried area does not have a suitable amount of recoverable topsoil and would <br /> otherwise be barren rock with no,or very little, chance for revegetation. <br /> 2. The sandstone overburden must be removed to obtain the marketable limestone and, <br /> therefore, must be disposed of. If not replaced in the disturbed areas, it would require the <br /> additional disturbance of many areas. <br /> The proposed post-mining land uses will be very compatible with similar terrain to the East, North, <br /> and South.The steep, barren hogback formations do not have any productive use other than <br /> occasional and limited wildlife habitat.This will also match local land-use plans and programs which <br /> designate the vicinity as open/ <br /> Implementation of this reclamation plan will rehabilitate the affected land closely to the existing <br /> conditions of natural vegetation which now consists of Mountain mahogany, Bitter Brush, Rabbit <br /> Brush and Indian Rice Grass. <br /> Although is it not required,over 300 Pinon seedlings have been planted since 1990.There has been <br /> some success but the greatest success occurred when seeds were hand scattered and left to <br /> germinate naturally.Through 1997 over twelve and one-half(12.5)acres have been graded and <br /> seeded and although some Pinon pines are growing,the greatest success has been the grading and <br /> plant cover in those areas.We have noticed from tree test plots planted over the years that trees <br /> are difficult to establish in the area,therefore they have been left out of the seed mixture in <br /> Paragraph 6.5,a.We do, however, encourage voluntary growth of trees in the area and may <br /> continue to hand scatter seeds on occasion. <br /> Exhibit E-Reclamation Plan <br /> 1998 Clarification <br /> E-1 <br />