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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.(doubled for broadcast seeding)with native grass species to approximate the prior <br /> existing vegetational species diversity(see Exhibit 0).Due to the industrial nature of this property and <br /> its prior disruption no natural stands of vegetation remain.Therefore,no transect of value could be <br /> conducted.Those vegetational species present are pioneer and successional stands commonly found on <br /> disrupted lands in this ecozone.They represent a successional stage between bare earth and a climax <br /> 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 /> WEED CONTROL <br /> The revegetated areas will be monitored closely each spring for the first two years to determine if <br /> weeds are invading the area. The Weed control Plan is supplied in the Appendix of this packet to <br /> address weed control on the mine. Total eradication of weeds from the site is not necessary desirable, <br /> so the operator will be using controls on the noxious weeds and letting the rest grow in select areas. <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 /> Summit Brick&Tile Company - Native/Pierre Mine 126/10 2020 <br />