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Including the WRL and if the no reservoir reclamation alternative is chosen, —140 acres will be <br /> reclaimed as native forest shrubs and tree tubelings while —255 acres will be reclaimed with <br /> native dry rangeland species. In a reservoir alternative, the western half of the site will feature a <br /> —45-acre water surface while the eastern half may include an—50-acre water surface; <br /> understandably, both reservoir options would decrease the acreage of vegetation. <br /> As described in the mining plan, partial reclamation will occur concurrently with mining and will <br /> be possible during the transitions between benches. As each bench is mined down in full levels <br /> from top to bottom, only the southern, western, and eastern exterior and original faces will <br /> remain unchanged (Map F-1). The newly created mined internal northern, eastern, and western <br /> faces will be reclaimed to mimic the surrounding unaffected faces. Reclamation of each bench <br /> will occur once mining on that bench is complete. Backfilling will be completed with crushed <br /> rock, boulders and potentially waste fines. Resultant mined faces will be —10% cliff face with <br /> 90% of each bench backfilled to a 2H:1 V slope with waste material. <br /> Topsoil and overburden are absent from the site; however, as the mined phases will be mixed <br /> intentionally roughened bedrock surfaces and backfilled to 2H:1 V slopes, replacement of topsoil <br /> and true overburden will not be necessaryFigure 3. It is anticipated that surface roughening will <br /> be completed and tree tubelings will be planted on final reclaimed faces within 1 year of finishing <br /> each mining lift. <br /> Areas that may be below the reservoir water level of 7825' will be treated the same as the above <br /> water level areas as mining progresses with the exception of applying backfill, surfacing, and <br /> tree tubeling planting. Rangeland seed mix will be applied to the areas of shoreline exposure. <br /> On-contour single shank ripping to a minimum depth of 2 feet will be used at a 10-foot vertical <br /> spacing interval on WRL lifts to divide each WRL lift's final reclaimed slope drainage area by a <br /> factor of 5 (Figure 5Figure 5). This will prevent erosion conditions from developing by allowing <br /> the ripped toughs to allow for infiltration of the water into the fill material. Final WRL <br /> reclamation will include catch ditches formed by on contour ripping to control stormwater runoff <br /> along the WRL slope and allow it to infiltrate the porous and dry landscape within 72 hours <br /> (Figure 5). Catch ditches along the WRL will remain cleared and maintained until reclamation is <br /> deemed complete. Following the completion of reclamation and the release of the bond by the <br /> Young Ranch Resource <br /> February 2020 E-2 <br />