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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> 1. General Reclamation Plan <br /> The total disturbed area to be reclaimed under this permit is 20.7 acres, as of September 2016 <br /> mining. Reclamation plans can be viewed on Map F-1. The post-mining land use will be <br /> irrigated pasture on the flats and rangeland on the slopes. All slopes will be reclaimed to 314:1 V <br /> or shallower. As described in the mining plan, reclamation will occur concurrently with mining. <br /> No more than 600 feet of highwall will remain unbackfilled at any time. <br /> Topsoil and overburden from the current mining area will be used to reclaim mined out areas. A <br /> front end loader and dozer will be used to place and distribute overburden and topsoil throughout <br /> the site. . It is anticipated that backfilling and seeding will occur at 2 to 3 year intervals until the <br /> site is completely mined. Topsoil will be replaced to an average depth of 8 inches. <br /> 54,563 CY of overburden is necessary to reclaim the entire site, see Map F-1 Reclamation. <br /> 244,864 CY (10.8 acres remaining to be mined as of September 2016 at 14 feet thick overburden <br /> depth) of overburden will be available (185,325 CY from 8.0 acre addition) for use during <br /> reclamation; therefore 190,301 CY will be left as excess and will be available to be sold or used <br /> and distributed during final grading of the pit floor as well as further lowering the slopes of <br /> unseeded pit slope surfaces at the time of final reclamation. <br /> The sediment pond dam material (3 feet height of fine sediment)will be graded into the 0.5 foot <br /> incised portion of the pond effectively leveling the pond to the pit floor elevation and will be <br /> topsoiled and seeded. The windrow used to control stormwater at the northeastern corner of the <br /> site will be regraded near the end of final reclamation. <br /> By using onsite stock piled materials, the distance that the topsoil and overburden will have to be <br /> transported as well as the amount of material which will have to be rehandled will be minimized. <br /> Additionally, the acreage which is unreclaimed will be minimized, which will make the worst <br /> case reclamation smaller and thus, the bond will be smaller. <br /> On occasion, topsoil or overburden may be imported to the site to be used in reclamation. To <br /> ensure that all imported materials are clean and inert the individual or company delivering <br /> Fetcher Vale Pit <br /> May 2018 E-1 <br />