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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 446.3 acres. Reclamation plans can <br /> be viewed on Map F-1. Post-mining land use will return the entire disturbed site back to dry <br /> rangeland with native grasses on all slopes. All slopes will be reclaimed to 3H:1 V or shallower. <br /> As described in the mining plan, reclamation will occur concurrently with mining. Overburden <br /> will be pushed at a 3H:1 V slope to the adjacent phase in reclamation resulting in only 40 vertical <br /> feet of active blasted basalt highwall at any given time. No more than 300 lateral feet of highwall <br /> will remain in need of gross earthworks at any time. <br /> Topsoil and overburden from the current mining phase will be used to reclaim the previous <br /> mined out phase (Figure 4). A front end loader and dozer will be used to place and distribute <br /> overburden and topsoil throughout the site. When mining in the western areas of the site, <br /> increased shale will be blasted with the basalt sill. Blasted shale will be mixed with overburden <br /> as backfill and excess shale will be deposited in the dump. Average cost per cubic yard is $1.50. <br /> It is anticipated that backfilling and seeding will occur at 2 to 3 year intervals until the site is <br /> completely mined. As the first phase is opened, topsoil and overburden will be stockpiled to be <br /> used for that phase's reclamation post mining. In the event that topsoil and overburden berms are <br /> in place longer than 6 months,the berms will be seeded with clover to diminish wind erosion. <br /> Topsoil will be replaced to a depth of 6 inches, the average depth of topsoil found throughout the <br /> site is 0-12 inches. Due to the type of mining—dozer push to stockpile—traditional overburden <br /> resurfacing may be unnecessary. This is because the dozer push down mining technique <br /> inherently results in 3H:1 V side slopes and a pit floor that matches pre-mining slopes of <br /> approximately 5H:IV. However, excess overburden, and blasted shale where available, will be <br /> used to cover existing shallower than 3H:1 V mining slopes, as needed,to redistribute the <br /> abundance of excavated overburden and blasted shale. When dispersed, overburden and shale <br /> will be placed and compacted to at least 3' depth. <br /> By using onsite stockpiled materials and completing reclamation of mined phases concurrent <br /> with active mining,the distance that topsoil and overburden is transported, as well as the amount <br /> Bradford Mesa Quarry Crcg Idwirki and Associates,PLIA' <br /> August 2019 E-1 <br />