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<br />~~ <br />i <br />EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN--First Replacement <br />Landscape design: <br />After mining is complete, the area will be shaped and <br />graded. Where possible, final grading should be done on the <br />contour to conserve moisture and reduce erosion. Slopes <br />should be cut or filled so that no slope is greater than <br />3:1. Seeding sucess will increase if lesser slopes remain. <br />The land will be scarified to a depth of six inches <br />following grading to provide better cohesion between topsoil <br />and the graded area. <br />Topsoil: <br />Topsoil will be stockpiled prior to mining. After <br />grading is completed, topsoil will be spread over the area <br />as evenly as possible. <br />Nine to twelve inches of mat r~ will be removed and <br />In order to minimize the total surface area affected by <br />the operations at a given time, top soil will be removed <br />only as required to continue the mining operations. <br />Therefore, it is anticipated that the extent of the top soil <br />stock pile will change from time to time. However, once the <br />stock pile has reached a one-half acre size, the portion of <br />the same which will not be affected by futher piling <br />operations will be stablized with annual grain crops such as <br />wheat, oats or barley. Those portions of the pile which <br />will not be worked for relatively long periods of time will <br />be seeded with blue grama, sideoats grama and little <br />bluestem, the same seed mixture which is to be used for the <br />permanent reclamation. <br />stored for reclamation purposes. <br />top depth exceeds these depths, <br />soil will be removed and stored. <br />affected area will be stored. The <br />be situated as indicated on the acco <br />Portions of the affected area which have been mined but <br />which will not be necessary for the continuing operations <br />will be revegetated with a temporary seed mixture of blue <br />grama, s;deoats grama and little bluestem, the same mixture <br />as specified in the reclamation plan. The areas to be <br />revegetated with a temporary mixture will be those portions <br />of the affected opposite the direction of the removal <br />operations. Temporary revegetation will be conducted on <br />approximately 1 acre increments. <br />In the event the actual <br />th actual amount of top <br />A11 Tn~nil? within the <br />~_ _. <br />top soiT'stock pile will <br />mpanying map. <br />