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'11-� <br /> NEWMONT <br /> GOLDCORP <br /> 1 RECLAMATION AND CLOSURE <br /> The objectives, criteria and procedures of the reclamation and closure plan for the Cresson <br /> Project have been previously approved through Amendment 9, Amendment 10, and Amendment <br /> 11 review processes. Procedures proposed as part of Amendment 13 build upon those previously <br /> approved practices, as discussed below. <br /> 1.1 Objectives <br /> The objectives of the reclamation and closure plan are to stabilize disturbed areas and re- <br /> establish the pre-mining land uses of wildlife habitat and livestock grazing (rangeland). These <br /> objectives will be achieved through the implementation of the reclamation and closure practices <br /> described in this section, and the appropriate use of other technologies that may become <br /> available. <br /> Upon completion of reclamation and closure, the majority of affected lands will be returned to <br /> rangeland and wildlife habitat. Historic resources will be preserved to the extent practicable and <br /> made accessible to the public, where feasible and safe. Interpretative guidance(i.e., informational <br /> signs) on both the historic and recent operations will be developed, where feasible. <br /> 1.2 Summary of Amendment 13 Impacts to Reclamation <br /> There are no significant changes to the overall reclamation plan proposed under this Amendment <br /> 13. Amendment 13 incorporates minor changes to the interim and final grading plans for the Schist <br /> Island mine area and the Squaw Gulch Overburden Storage Area (SGOSA). <br /> 1.3 Growth Medium Materials <br /> The availability of growth medium has been updated to reflect current availability. Drawing C-4b <br /> shows location and size of growth medium storage areas. Soil types were mapped based on <br /> existing data available from the NRCS, as confirmed by field reviews (Arcadis 2015). The results <br /> of this mapping are summarized in Exhibit I and the report, titled Baseline Technical Report for <br /> Soils and Biological Resources (Arcadis 2011 and 2015) is included in Appendix 5. <br /> The reclamation and closure plan incorporates a minimum of six inches of growth medium <br /> replacement on overburden storage areas (OSAs), select haul roads into the surface mines, <br /> certain surface mine backfills, the Arequa Gulch Valley Leach Facility (VLF1, herein called VLF1) <br /> and re-contoured Squaw Gulch Valley Leach Facility (VLF2, herein called VLF2), support facility <br /> sites, reclaimed portal area, and other ancillary disturbance areas to be reclaimed. To accomplish <br /> this reclamation, approximately 2.4 million cubic yards of growth medium will be required. It is <br /> Cripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company Exhibit E <br /> Cresson Project Amendment 13 <br /> 1 <br />