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f <br />• IJOLAND GULCH PIT • <br />EXHIBIT E <br />kECLANATION PLAN' <br />Reclamation practices will be conducted on each stage when it is produced as <br />described in the mining plan. <br />The yoai cf reclamation is to return the site to rangeland, once mining is <br />completed, and in an ecologically bala~~ced, stable watersY,ed condition. <br />Impacts to resources will not be significant during mining. The ensuing <br />reclamation offers an opportunity to improve quality of rangeland, water <br />resources, wildlife, and air quality on the site. <br />Reclamatian will consist of several steps including bacY.sloping cut banks, <br />grading, contouring water control structures, ripping hardpans, fertilizing, <br />mulch/tra:.fier (polyacrylamide), seed bed preparation, and seeding with <br />grasses, :'.orbs, and shrubs. keclamation practices will also fallow both <br />Attachmen~: [~fumber one and two of E~:hibit E. <br />Eventuall~r when the entire operation area has been produced the access road <br />will be r~aclaimed, however, the approach Lo Highway 285 and the gate will <br />remain. <br />Top soil/subsoil will be replaced to a depth of not lass than twenty (20) <br />inches. <br />Backslopes will be graded at 5:1 and any fill material will be compacted for <br />stability prior to seeding. <br />-15- <br />