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Exhibit E - RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> EXISTING RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> Upon completion of mining activities, the highwall will be backfilled with discarded brick factory <br /> materials and processing waste material. The purpose of the backfilling is to stabilize the highwall and <br /> prevent slumping, sliding, or subsidence of the surface adjacent to the top of the highwall. After <br /> regrading of the spoil's material, the stockpiled topsoil will then be regraded over the disturbed area to <br /> an average depth of 6" on the pit site and haul roads, then furrowed and broadcast seeded at a rate of <br /> 80 seeds/sq. ft. with native grass species to approximate the prior existing vegetational species diversity <br /> (see Exhibit O). Due to the industrial nature of this property and its prior disruption no natural stands of <br /> vegetation remain. Therefore, no transect of value could be conducted. Those vegetational species <br /> present are pioneer and successional stands commonly found on disrupted lands in this ecozone. They <br /> represent a successional stage between bare earth and a climax short grass prairie. <br /> Based on field surveys of undisturbed portions of the lease area adjacent to the mine, it is anticipated <br /> that a seeding mixture of 30% Blue Grama, 20% Legume species, 30% Ricegrass species and 20% <br /> Wheatgrass will be used. Other native grass species present on the site are not commercially available <br /> as seed. Should data become available indicating edaphic conditions more appropriate for other species <br /> of native grasses, modifications of species types and ratios in the seeding mixture may be implemented. <br /> No trees or shrubs other than Rabbitbrush exist on the site and no plantings of trees or shrubs are <br /> planned. Soil characteristics pertaining to vegetational viability and germination on the site are included <br /> in Table 1. No water is available for irrigation and no mulching or fertilization is planned. <br /> PROPOSED CHANGES <br /> Unless specifically discussed below, the reclamation methods described and approved in the approved <br /> permit application will remain unchanged. The following text explains the changes to the reclamation <br /> plan as proposed in this amendment. Reclamation will run concurrent with mining as the site is <br /> developed to reduce the amount of reclamation required at any one time. <br /> The current post mining land uses are listed as Residential. Please see the original plan and <br /> amendments and their adequacy responses for details on the reclamation requirements approved. <br /> The current Reclamation Plan calls for the base of the mined area to be graded and any side slopes to <br /> be graded 3h to 1v by cut/fill sloping or a backfill method using on site materials,from the original <br /> surface to the mine floor. <br /> The excess overburden, unusable clay and brick manufacturing products(brick)will be used to build the <br /> slopes. All salvaged topsoil, consisting of 3" root zone and 3" soil, will then be replaced on the seed bed <br /> consistent with the average found on the site; at this time a range of 2 to 6 inches. <br /> As mining progresses on the working face, the perimeter slopes on the clay seam and unconsolidated <br /> material will be graded at, or flatter than 3h to 1v as discussed in the Mining Plan. This will ensure that <br /> when mining ceases, only a minor amount of work will have to be done to finish reclamation in the <br /> Summit Brick&Tile Company - Native/Pierre Mine 6/24/2020 <br /> 8 <br />