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EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN TYPE OF RECLAMATION Using a Caterpillar D-7, or other appropriate e~,uipment, the waste dump will be pushed up and graded into the hillside to the west of the drainage (see Exhibit C), extending the foot of the hillside farther to the south at its natural slope angle. Surface buildings will be removed sad ventholes and portals closed as dictated by the E.R.D.A. lease agreement. The ore pad and area of surface operations will then be graded. Stockpiled topsoil will be spread over the areas where it will be most beneficial - in the less sloping areas where it will not be washed away easily. (See Exhibit A for acreage involved. LAND USE The LP-21 area is zoned agricultural-open by the Montrose County Planning Department, permitting mining operations as a use by right. At present the use is multiple-purpose: mtn? ~, wildlife habitat, and winter rangeland. In the foreseeable future, postmtn~ land use will be the same. RECLAMATION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Grading• • Grading will be carried on so as to create a final topo- graphy appropriate for future mining, wildlife habitat, and use as winter rangeland. Slopes will approximate a 2:1 grade and will not exceed the natural angle of repose of the waste material. Backfilling and grading will be completed as soon~as feasible after the m{ni ~ process which is currently projected to be fifteen to twenty years from now. All refuse will be hauled away from the mine site. Drill sites will be plugged with.a Bureau of Land Manage- ment approved device. Cuttings piles will be buried and/or spread thin and revegetated. Adits and shafts will be sealed permanantly providing conditions stipulated in the lease agree- ment are satisfied. Water: Because this mine will not disturb the prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land, statements in this section are not applicable. Wildlife: . Recommendations for reclamation of wildlife habitat were, "Develop water for wildlife where possible and revegetate portal and drill sites with native vegetation". (see Exhibit H) Al- though water development is not applicable to this mine, portal and drill sites will be revegetated with a combination of -native and introduced species.