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RECLAMAI'lON PLAN The reclamation plan far the Martin Marietta Lyons quarry is straight- forward and simple. The overall idea is to put the sand back to as near the original land use as possible. Since the surrounding land is agri- cultural, we will make dryland pasture where there was dryland pasture, irrigated pasture where there was irrigated pasture and so on. In some areas, the land will be more useful ar more productive from a farming or ranching point of view. Because we are removing material from the ground that will never 6e replaced, we will leave some lakes which will enhance the water storage for this area. i The total acres to 6e mined is approximately 470 acres with aoproxi- matel.y ]60 acres used for waste disposal area. Conceivably, 400 acres could be under mini ng, stripping, or rec amation at the same time. The reclamation will take p aT-ce n condunc ion wit a mining p'i~n alpd accord- ing to the timetable found in Exhibit "0", and the reclamation map found at the end of this section. The best way to describe the reclamation is by area; what the area was like before mining and what the area will be like after reclamation. The quarry is divided in two by the Boulder Feeder Canal and the Swede Ditch. Part of the overall 1 n is to move the Bouide nd the Swede Ditch into the mi r a of Pi Once this is accomplished, ese wo ditches will serve as reference elevations. Everything to the west of these ditches will slope to the ditch and everything to the east will slope away from the ditch. Martin Marietta Lyons quarry utilizes two types of seed mixtures in Neclaiming. The following is a breakdown of the two varieties: , Dry land Mix 39% winter rye 13% ranger alfalfa 9% smooth broom 8% intermediate wheat grass 7% slender wheat grass $% Nordan crested wheat grass 6% Russian wild rye 10% Jose tall wheat grass Irrigated Mix 31% orchard grass 32% intermediate wheat grass 37% smooth broom grass These two varieties will be referred to throughout the reclamation plan as "dryland pasture mix" and "irrigated pasture mix", and wi71 be planted in such quantities in order to provide necessary cover. This is from 25 Rounds to 75 pounds of seed per acre. i1. `O-:lip ~fl