2016-07-21_REVISION - M1985038 (3)

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EXHIBIT R Reclamation Pian The affected land shall be reclaimec: to its original land use of wildlife habitat. Due to the severity of slope of the terrain and the hard rock outcropping„ it would not be applicable to other productive uses. General reclamation plrns are to backfill the quarried areas with the overburden, level and grade the overburden to a slope of 2 to 1 or less and revebetace with a Mi%Lure of: Western Wheat- arass 5,91/acre, Mountain Mahogany 5.0«/acre, Sage 2.5#/acre, bit Brush 5.5�;/acre. The seed will be:iand-broadcasted at 16w/acres in the spring. The method of backfilling the quarried ar4a with overburden was chosen as the besz. zicans of achieving reclamation of the affected land for two main reasons. 1. The overburden will consist of sufficient quantity of fine in.tterial which will allow root growth of grasses and shrubs. Thu quarried area would otherwise be barren rock with no or little chance for revedetation. 2, The overburden must be removed to obtain the marketable limestone and, therefore, must be disposed of. If not re- placed in the excavated areas, it would require the additional disturbances of many acres. The proposed post mining land uses will be very compatible with similar terrain in the vicinity. The steep slopes would not have any productive use other than wildlife habitat. This will also match land use pians and programs which designate the area as Federal Land. Implementation of this reclamation plan will rehabilitate the land closely to the existing conditions of natural vegetation which consist of: Mountain Mahogany, Sage and Rabbit Brush. '.-.later, soil and air will not be altered by the mining activity. There is no water present in the proposed mining area. The air quality will not be damaged or permanently altered and the soil will consist vainly of rock outcropping and fragmented when re- habilitated.