2023-05-25_PERMIT FILE - M2022048 (6)

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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE OVERVIEW The proposed future use is to create 4 in-ground, developed water storage reservoirs with a vegetated border around the highwater lines of each reservoir. Each of the proposed reser- voir areas will be sealed with a slurry wall liner. Eventually the reservoirs will be sold to a municipality or water company who will be responsible for the construction of any additional reservoir operations facilities (pump houses, inlet/outlet struc- tures, etc. ) on each reservoir. This will occur once L.G. Everist, Inc. has resoiled and seeded the perimeters . (If the facilities construction is anticipated prior to the release from the DRMS permit on a Phase, a Technical Revision will be filed to add the locations of any reservoir facilities to be built . ) The reclamation methods and plans described below will apply to all Phases but may require minor variation depending on the conditions found in each Phase. Reclamation will run concurrent with mining so it will commence as soon as enough area is avail- able to reclaim and not be redisturbed. The setbacks and side slopes from the water' s edge to the slurry wall or setback limit will be resoiled and revegetated using the methods described in the following plan. On-site generated inert material will be placed in backfill areas or will be recycled/sold. The existing oil and gas wells shown on MAPEXHIBRC are all shut-in, meaning they are on the list to be plugged and abandoned in the future. Once the wells are removed, all of the support facilities will be removed and the feeder lines abandoned. This reclamation plan assumes they will be removed prior to mining in the areas they affect . Should the O&G facilities still exist when mining reaches them, a Technical Revision will be filed to show how they will be mined around and reclaimed. The applicant proposes bonding the site in two Operations Stages . For Operations Stage A, the initial bond is calculated on having only the Plant Site and settling ponds bonded until mining is ready to start in Phase 1 . Upon competition of prepa- ration of the Plant Site a Technical Revision would be filed to increase the bond to allow for full development of the mine as explained below. This second bond would be to cover the maximum amount of disturbance throughout the mine (205 acres) , this would including a sufficient length of liner construction and bank sloping, the Plant Site, areas of seeding, backfilling, etc. If the applicant determines that the amount of disturbance at the mine may soon L.G. EVERIST, INC.-WEST FARMS RESERVOIR May 2023 16