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6.4.5 Exhibit E <br /> Reclamation Plan <br /> a) The current use of the property is rangeland. The site will be reclaimed to rangeland. <br /> The target material on the site is quarry rock. There is virtually no overburden with <br /> limited topsoil on the site. All the topsoil encountered will remain on the site for <br /> reclamation purposes. Fremont commits to applying approximately 3 inches of topsoil <br /> to all reclaimed areas. Topsoil and overburden are segregated when mining occurs and <br /> stay segregated until applied to the reclaimed surfaces. Overburden is used to obtain <br /> the 3H:1V sloping and the topsoil will be placed following this. <br /> b) Affected land from the operation will return to open range grazing land which is its <br /> present use. As noted in the soil's information exhibit, the soil is moderately alkaline. <br /> Generally speaking, the surface layer is a sandy loam with cobbles. In some instances, a <br /> clay loam is present, but it is also filled with cobbles. In some areas the soil is very <br /> gravely or stony and these are indicated by the presence of pinon pine or juniper. Often <br /> these are on the gulch swales or erosion gullies. The present vegetation and the percent <br /> of vegetative cover indicate that the ground has been over grazed in the past. Gullying, <br /> streambank cutting, and sheet erosion are also evident. There has been loss of surface <br /> layer soils which has resulted in a severe decrease in productivity and in the potential of <br /> the soils to produce plants suitable for grazing. As indicated by field inspection and the <br /> soil reports, there is no topsoil on the site. In fact, over half of this site has no <br /> overburden to speak of. Some areas on the southern and eastern leg of the permit <br /> boundary contain overburden which wilâ–º be stripped and stockpiled. Materials used for <br /> backfilling and plant growth will be predominately fines which are excess or <br /> unmarketable from the processing plant. These fines will be the sandy and loamy soils <br /> now present on the property but without the cobbles. With no rocks, the soil can be <br /> more easily planted with the grass seed. Fertilizers will be introduced based on <br /> recommendations of the Fremont County Soil Conservation Service. As the mining <br /> progresses into areas of different soil types, the SCS staff will be consulted for the <br /> proper fertilizer mixture. <br /> c) The 25-foot depth of resource will be mined down to the soft clay stone layer. <br /> Overburden and processing plant fines will be redistributed on the pit floor to a depth of <br /> 3 to 8 inches. The pit walls will be backfilled to a 3:1 slope. Slopes will then tie into the <br /> lower areas of the pit where it intersects the Eight Mile Creek and Arkansas River bluff. <br /> Overburden stockpiles will be seeded if they sit longer than one growing season. <br /> d) The following seed mix will be used: lbs. PLS/acre <br />