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3. Loosely place soil on excavated areas not used for operations within one year of <br /> completion of excavation. <br /> 4. Loosely place soil on operations areas within one year of no further need. <br /> 5. Apply fertilizer as determined by the landowner in consultation with Conservation District. <br /> (This may include application of soil amendments such as sawdust, wood chips, or other <br /> clean materials only based on testing and recommendations of RGCD/NRCS. (Initial <br /> NRCS/RGCD recommendation is that no fertilizer or mulching is needed.) <br /> 6. Plant crops: Landowner will perform his own planting of crops. His intent is to replant with <br /> alfalfa;the property has adequate water rights to allow irrigation of the alfalfa to assist <br /> with germination and growth.The landowner will also assume responsibility for weed <br /> control following planting. <br /> 7. Do NOT mulch, plant trees,or do broadcast seeding. <br /> d. Features remaining after reclamation (d): See Exhibit E. No roads or buildings will remain, except the <br /> gate and enough of the access road to cross the irrigation ditch into the farm field, as is the case <br /> before mining. Irrigation laterals will generally be replaced by the center-pivot irrigation system. <br /> e. The landowner is expected to request that small quantities of processed construction materials may <br /> be left on the permit area at the end of mining,for their own use on the property and contiguous <br /> property. This is not expected to require more than 0.25 acres and will be approved by landowner <br /> when submitting for final reclamation release. <br /> 5. Reclamation treatment of specific items (e): <br /> a. Most storm water controls (including sediment control facilities and swales) required during <br /> operation are temporary and will be removed either during or following reclamation. <br /> b. No waste rock dumps(except backfill with fines, reject material (from on-site), or clean fill (from off- <br /> site)),will be used. If there is any"pitrun" (unprocessed) or processed material left on the Yard at <br /> the time of reclamation (other than that requested to be retained by the landowner, if any),that <br /> material will be used as backfill to flatten slopes around the edge of the Yard,while ensuring enough <br /> depth of plant growth medium above the large backfill material is left to produce good cropland. <br /> c. No underground mine openings, buildings or other permanent features not listed in d above are <br /> proposed. <br /> d. Shallow depth of excavation, phased mining and reclamation and small size of the Site,together <br /> with measures to protect/improve irrigation system, protect hydrologic balance, prevent off-site <br /> damage, and provide for a stable configuration for use for cropland. <br /> 6. Estimate of reclamation costs (6.3.4.(2): <br /> a. Point of maximum disturbance:This point is estimated to be the first year of site operations,with <br /> construction of the access road, berms and work basins (for processing plants and stockpile. The <br /> disturbance at this point(all dimensions in feet)will include the access road (25 by 1630),two working <br /> basins for materials stockpiles, loading/storage area (100 x 200),work area (plant site) (200 x 200),soil <br /> storage berms (25 x 2560) and actual maximum excavation area of approximately 6 acres.Assuming a <br /> maximum of 15 feet depth and 2:1 slopes from mining,to be flattened to 5:1 slopes,this amounts to a <br /> total of 1.2 acres in the access road, and 7.8 acres in the Yard of which 1.5 acres is soil storage berms. <br /> M2020-062 Schoen Farm 110c Application by O'Rourke Excavating, Inc. Exhibits Page 10 of 21 <br />