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CA <br />)SSFI RE AGGREGRATE <br />SERVICES, LLC <br />Reclamation Plan <br />EXHIBIT E <br />The mine area will be reclaimed as grazing land and calving ground with minimal slopes and no permanent <br />hydrologic entrapment. Overburden will be used to shape to final grade. Slopes are to be reclaimed to a <br />maximum of 3H:1V and that the majority of the mining area is to be left with a minimal slope promoting <br />positive drainage to prevent ponding or storage of runoff. The access road will be left in place for future <br />access to the site. Approximate acreages are shown in Table E1. All other evidence of mining operations, <br />structures, foundations, surface and sub - surface, are to be removed and all disturbance will be restored <br />with natural vegetation. The reclamation plan is in accordance with existing pre- mining land use and <br />surrounding land use. <br />The reclamation objective is to create stable topography and a biological community that can sustain <br />proposed post mining land use. To the extent feasible, the mined soil and excess fines will be placed into <br />stockpiles which can be easily moved to their permanent locations. Reclamation and roads are designed <br />and located for both mining and future post -mine use, including access to the site. Roads and long -term <br />mine processing areas are laid out in their final post -mine reclaimed configuration to minimize <br />reclamation work and costs. <br />TABLE El: SUMMARY OF RECLAMATION AREAS <br />Area <br />Acres <br />Key Features <br />Actions (Remarks) <br />Access Road <br />4.38 <br />Access Road <br />Permanent <br />Mining Phases 1 -10 <br />169.76 <br />Grazing Lands <br />Rangeland <br />Mine Buffers & <br />Setbacks <br />40.61 <br />Unaffected by <br />Activities <br />Retain as <br />Unaffected <br />Operations Area <br />5.25 <br />Grazing Lands <br />Rangeland <br />Total <br />220.0 <br />General Description <br />The area within the mining limits will be mined down to the underlying sandstone bedrock. All slopes are <br />to be reclaimed to a maximum of 3HAV grade using overburden and topsoil stockpiled during mining <br />operations. Reclamation shall occur concurrently with mining. Reclamation will be initiated by replacing <br />stored overburden and top -soil, in sequence, when a mined phase is no longer needed for operational <br />room and has been mined to its floor limit. Scrapers, Dozers, and compactors will be used to place the <br />material along slopes to achieve final grade. Final reclamation by capping with topsoil and re- vegetating <br />will follow backfilling operations to minimize the amount of disturbance at any one time. At areas where <br />the mining floor would be represented by sandstone, mining will cease and overburden and topsoil <br />replaced over the sandstone facies during reclamation to provide for a minimum soil cover of two (2) feet. <br />Prepared by Tegre Corp. <br />1199 Main Ave., Suite 101 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />(970) 828 -1811 <br />