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<br />11 | P a g e <br /> <br /> <br />The post-mine land use for this area will be Rangeland. This use was chosen due to the <br />consistency with adjacent land use and location not nearing current oil and gas <br />operations. <br /> <br />Area 15A/15B: <br /> <br />This area parallels an existing road which created a disturbance. This road will remain <br />as-is for future agricultural and wildlife uses. The road is only a two -track road in its <br />current condition and is ideal for checking cattle since there are no other access points <br />into this canyon. Any disturbance made in an attempt to reclaim this road would result in <br />a larger impact than what is already made. There is already some vegetation along the <br />fill slope of the road which came naturally, but there are two areas that require <br />additional hand broadcast seeding efforts resulting in a total of 2.75 acres of seeding. In <br />these same areas, weed mitigation is needed as well which shall be completed <br />concurrently with seeding efforts following the Weed Management Plan below. Area <br />15B is a continuation of this road and existing disturbance which will fall under the <br />description above. <br /> <br />The post-mine land use for this area will be Rangeland. This use was chosen due to the <br />consistency with adjacent land use and location not nearing current oil and gas <br />operations. <br /> <br />Area 16A: <br /> <br />This is a large area located on the western side of the existing mine comprised of <br />multiple existing foundations, existing road, jersey barriers, and a highwall. The existing <br />pad located on the western portion of this area is a 72’x72’x6” and will remain as-is. The <br />pad will be utilized for supporting stock tanks for agricultural use. There are two other <br />foundations in this area; one is a 20’x16’ pad resulting in approximately 9 CY of <br />concrete and the other is 40’x28’ resulting in approximately 93 CY of concrete. There <br />are also four rectangular piers, 4’x4’x6’ resulting in an additional 15 CY of concrete. All <br />the concrete will be placed at the toe of the highwall and backfilled when the area is <br />contoured. Operator shall ensure a minimum of 3.0’ of backfill over the concrete when <br />completing the contouring. 49 jersey barriers are also located in this area and will be <br />removed and buried with concrete foundations. There is one existing well that is <br />currently being re-permitted for a water well. The existing road through the area will <br />remain for agricultural and guiding uses. <br /> <br />This area consists of a large amount of material to be moved as part of the contouring <br />process. Since this material will be loosened and hardly compacted during this process, <br />the operator shall use a rome disc behind a tractor to ensure no deep compaction <br />occurs prior to drill seeding the area following the General Seeding Requirements <br />below. Exhibit E represents areas that will not require reseeding or any disturbance and <br />shall remain as-is. There will be a total of 15.83 acres of disturbance that will require <br />seeding efforts. <br /> <br />The post-mine land use for this area will be Rangeland. This use was chosen due to the <br />consistency with adjacent land use and location not nearing current oil and gas <br />operations.