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EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN II I THE OVERALL RECLAMATION PLAN ON THE SMITH PIT #20 AND THE CONVERSION N0. 1 WILL BE IN THREE GENERAL STAGES. FIRST, THE EXISTING SMITH PIT, WHICH IS MINED OUT, WILL BE RECLAIMED THIS OCTOBER IF THE MATERIALS STOCKPILE HAS BEEN DEPLETED BY THEN, OTHERWISE THE RECLAMATION WILL PROCEED IN OCTOBER OF 1991. THE SECOND RECLAMATION PHASE WILL FOLLOW THE MINING OPERATION IN THE LOTS 1, 5 & 10 ALL LYING NORTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD # 4. THE THIRD RECLAMATION PHASE WILL FOLLOW MINING IN LOT 11 LYING SOUTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD #4. Z. THE POST -MINING USE OF THE LAND WILL RETURN TO THE PRE -MINING USES FOR LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE GRAZING. RECLAMATION WILL PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED RECLAMATION PLAN ON FILE WITH THE MLRD AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEEDING SELECTIONS BY THE U. S. $OIL CONSERVATION REPORT ALSO ON FILE WITH THE MLRD, AND WITH THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS IN BLM PERMIT N0. CO -010 -FU -88-3 ATTACHED AND MARKED EXHIBIT 0. 3 THE MAXIMUM GRADIENT OF THE RECLAIMED SLOPES WILL BE 3:1 (HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL). ALL GRADING SHALL BE DONE IN A MANNER TO CONTROL EROSION AND SILTATION OF THE AFFECTED LANDS, AND TO PROTECT THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE AFFECTED LAND FROM SLIDES OR OTHER DAMAGE. ALL HIGHWALLS SHALL BE ELIMINATED. 4. THE TOPSOIL OCCURS AT A DEPTH AVERAGE OF 6-8 INCHES AND IT WILL BE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. 5. SEEDING WILL BE DONE DURING THE LATE FALL OR EARLY WINTER. THE TOPSOILED AREAS SHALL BE SCARIFIED TO A DEPTH OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. 6. IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIES SELECTION OF THE BLM AND THE US SOIL CONSERVATION REPORT THE OPERATOR SHALL INCLUDE LADAC ALFALFA FOR A MORE DIVERSE AND BETTER FORAGE BASE FOR BIG GAME ANIMALS. %. IN AREAS OF ONE ACRE,OR MORE, THE SEED MIXTURE WILL BE DRILLED INTO THE SOIL AND HARROWED AFTER APPLICATION. (IN SMALLER AREAS THE SEED WILL BE BROADCAST ONTO THE SOIL AT TWICE THE RECOMMENDED RATE FOR DRILLED APPLICATION AND THEN RAKED INTO THE SOIL.) S. MULCH WILL BE WHEAT STRAW OF WHICH 50% WILL BE 10 INCHES OR LONGER. THIS WILL BE APPLIED AT THE RATE OF Z TON TO THE ACRE, HELD DOWN BY NETTING OR OTHER SUITABLE METHOD.