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EXHIBIT E—Reclamation Plan <br /> This application is a reclamation only expansion. All three tracts have been mined <br /> and reclaimed. The application is made to come into compliance with a boundary <br /> infraction. The method used to reclaim the three tracts is shown. <br /> Each of the three tracts will be sloped when completed. There will be two final uses. <br /> Tracts 1 will primarily have a final use of wildlife habitat after the grass has been re- <br /> established. Tracts 2 and 3 will be farmed as cropland after they are reclaimed. <br /> a) The stockpiled topsoil will be replaced in those areas outside the creek before <br /> seeding of the pit occurs. There is about 5"of topsoil on the areas with Rago, <br /> Kuma, and Platner loam soils soil complex. All of the stockpiled topsoil will <br /> be returned. We anticipate this to be in the 5"depth range. We anticipate <br /> seeding the temporary topsoil stockpiles with brome grass to prevent erosion. <br /> b) Slopes no greater than 3:1 will be left in the completed pit. <br /> c) Seeding will not occur until the entire area has been mined. A seeding <br /> recommendation from the Phillips County NRCS for Tract 1 (110 permit)will <br /> be used for Tract 1 and is attached. It will be the basis of the reclamation plan <br /> for that tract. No seeding will occur in the flow area of the creek, as that grass <br /> would simply be washed out when heavy rainfall occurs. Tracts 2 and 3 will <br /> not be seeded, as their fmal use will be for cropland. <br /> d) Two or three small depressions may be left in the creek flow area in hopes <br /> that water might accumulate and be available for wildlife once the pit is <br /> completed. <br /> e) The temporary haul roads will be reclaimed once the mining is complete. <br /> f) There are no other reclamation treatments to note for this site. <br /> A cost estimate for final reclamation has not been prepared since reclamation has <br /> already occurred. <br />