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1 <br />' E.2 General Reclamation Procedures <br />t The project is located in an area of the foothills that <br />supports mostly sagebrush shrub vegetation on the flats and lower <br />' slopes, with pinyon juniper woodland on the steeper upland slopes. <br />The climate at this elevation in southern Colorado is warm and dry <br />' in the summer, and cold with snow and rain in the fall, winter, and <br />spring. The reclamation plan has been developed using the site <br />specific climatic and soil conditions. Reclamation is intended to <br />' restore the land to an improved rangeland and wildlife habitat. <br />' Reclamation at the San Luis Project will occur ~:oncurrently <br /> with mining activities where possible. Concurrent reclamation will <br />t minimize visual impacts of the site and lower bonding requirements. <br /> The areas most amenable to concurrent reclamation are the waste rock <br /> disposal areas. Figure F-1 shows the post mining configuration. Table <br />' E.2-1 lists each facility of the San Luis Project and the associated <br /> disturbance for that facility. <br />' <br /> The general reclamation procedures planned for the project <br />' include: <br />' 1. Stripping and stockpiling all suitable topsail and soil <br />i <br />b <br />t <br />l d <br />i <br />ti <br />d b <br />f <br />h <br /> su <br />s <br />rate mater <br />a <br />ur <br />ng construc <br />on an <br />e <br />ore eac <br /> additional area is disturbed; <br /> <br /> 2. Controlling erosion and sedimentation by <:onstructing <br />' drainage ditches, berms, settling basins, anc small check <br /> dams during early construction; <br />' <br /> 3. Performing concurrent reclamation where po<.:sible; <br />4. Grading and stabilizing all slopes to be reclaimed, and <br />preparing soil surfaces for revegetation by spreading <br />' topsoil and amendments as needed; and <br /> <br />E-2 <br />1 <br />