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1 <br />' EXHIBIT E <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE <br />' <br /> Reclamation Plan. When all mining stages and reclama- <br /> tion phases have been completed in about the year 2043, it <br /> is planned that the area will have been reclaimed to its <br /> former use, dryland agriculture. <br /> As each mining stage is completed, the stored over- <br />' il <br />f <br />d <br />d <br />ill b <br />d <br />h <br /> at stage area, a <br />ter <br />bur <br />en an <br />so <br />s w <br />e returne <br />to t <br />' which grading and reshaping with 3 to 1 slopes on the outer <br /> edges will be accomplished. Existing topsoil will be <br />1 returned to that mined area and spread uniformly. Next, the <br /> soil will be loosened, fertilized, mulched and seeded. The <br />' 3 to 1 <br />rim <br />ter sl <br />es have vertic <br />l com <br />one <br />ts which var <br /> pe <br />p <br />y <br />e <br />op <br />a <br />n <br />' between five and thirty-five feet (see map, Exhibit D-1). <br /> The reclamation plan has been designed to cover 13 <br />1 phases, each having a corresponding mining stage. Mining <br /> stages of five years duration will be followed by five-year <br /> reclamation phases. All of the reshaping, grading and revege- <br />' tation procedures will be accomplished during the first year <br /> after the mining stage is completed. The remaining four <br />1 years of the reclamation phase will be a monitoring period <br /> for the revegetation program, and any necessary remedial work <br />' will be done during such time. Thus, no more than two stages <br />' will be in a disturbed condition at any one time. <br /> The Soil Conservation Service has indicated that <br /> the potential for reclamation of the area for dryland <br />agriculture is good (see Exhibit I/J). The operator intends <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br />