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BENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 112 PERMIT APPLICATION <br /> EXHIBIT E(Reclamation Plan) <br /> Godfrey Pit <br /> Reclamation will follow the mining activity direction beginning on the northern edge of the affected area <br /> and proceeding to the south as shown in the Exhibit F—Reclamation Plan map. Reclamation will be <br /> performed over time following mining.Approximately 5 acres will be reclaimed at a time,with <br /> approximately 5 acres in active mining and stockpiling, in addition to the 10.46 acres in the access <br /> easement. <br /> The proposed material to be mined forms small hill.The overall affected land area will be graded to a <br /> slope of 5%or less prior to revegetation. Using front end loaders for earthmoving,the overburden will <br /> be utilized to provide the final specified grade then topsoil will be distributed to a depth of 4 to 10 <br /> inches. <br /> The reclaimed area will be prepared by disking then reseeded at approximately 8 pounds per acre using <br /> a grass drill with a blend of grasses recommended by the local NRCS office.The grass blend includes <br /> buffalo grass(-38%), western wheatgrass(-23%), blue grama ("13%), sideoats grama (-13%), alkali <br /> sacaton (-3%), and sand dropseed (-2%)with the rest being inert.The affected area is currently <br /> rangeland and will be returned to rangeland upon reclamation. <br />