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RECLAMATION PLAN (coNT) EXHIBIT E September 2019 (3) The affected land will be monumented for easy delineation: Painted posts have been set on all corners of the new permit area. Rule 6 .4 . 5 Note: Paragraphs 1 and 2 parts (a) thru °) are missing from the 2002 amendment . Much of the information required in these sections were covered in the responses to rule 3 . In particular, all slope grading needed on mined areas will be 3h to lv. Topsoil will be salvaged and replaced as needed prior to seeding but no topsoil is available within the creek channel . The proposed final reclamation end use is rangeland, matching the current use and surrounding areas . When mining ends on an area above the channel the working face will be graded 3h to lv if this is going to remain undisturbed for more then two years . (d) Where applicable, the operator/applicant has developed plans to segregation, preservation, replacement, compaction and grading of soil used for revegetation. The revegetation plan will contain a list of the preferred species of grasses to be planted as recommended by the field office of the NRCS . The approved seed mix is provided below. Seedbed preparation has been covered in Section 3 . 1 . 10 of this application. (e) The schedule of reclamation on the upland areas will closely follow the mining and the operator expects to start reclamation as soon as feasible after mining has been completed on any given area. Under normal conditions the operator would expect to have vegeta- tion ready for release within a 3 - 5 year period. This sequencing will allow for the floating bond of 25 acres . The final grading also will be done in conjunction with mining. All backsloping, day lighting and contouring will be done as mining progresses . This land will be used for grazing cattle as a final land use, and all of the NRCS recommendations will be done . Topsoil will be replaced at between 6 and 9 inches on all disturbed upland areas that would not be disturbed by flooding in the creek channel . The following Seed Mixture is approved for use at the mine . It is the 2002 recommendation from the NRCS at 601 . S . Albert, Walsenburg, Colorado 81089 . 20 (REVISED 3/6/2020)