2018-04-18_PERMIT FILE - M2018016 (5)

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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN 1. General Reclamation Plan The total disturbed area to be reclaimed under this permit is 77.5 acres. Reclamation plans may be viewed on Map F-1. The post-mining land use will be rangeland. Internal roads and site access will be left in place for the property owner to utilize the site following mining. Table E-1 shows a breakdown of the reclamation areas. All slopes will be reclaimed to 3H:1 V or shallower. Generation of fines,potential overburden, and possible imported fill will be used to backfill slopes to their final<3H:1 V condition. Topsoil will be applied to all slopes to a depth of 12 inches. As described in the mining plan, after the first five years reclamation will occur concurrently with mining. This initial period of time will see mining progress principally downward within a single pit area effectively limiting reclaimable slopes.No more than 500' of highwall will remain active at any time. Topsoil and overburden from the current mining area will be used to reclaim recently mined out areas. By mining and reclaiming areas concurrently, the distance that topsoil and overburden is transported as well as the amount of material that will be rehandled will be minimized. Additionally, the acreage that is unreclaimed will be minimized and will result in a lower worst case reclamation scenario effectively reducing the bond. The reclamation plan shown on Map F-1 shows the final slope configuration that is anticipated. Significant amounts of imported fill and potential waste fines will be used as backfill. For the purposes of this DRMS permit, it is assumed that the import fill will be zero; therefore, reclamation may not produce the sizeable flat areas shown on Map F-1. However, it is anticipated that there will be enough reject fines (-20%of raw mined gravel)to achieve the reclamation plan shown, or close to it. DMR . . April 2018 E-1