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<br />-4- <br />4. Specify which ponds, streams, roads and buildings, 1f any, will remain after <br />reclamation. These features must be shown on the Exhibit E - Map. If ponds are <br />•- part of the reclamation plan, slopes from 5 feet above to 10 feet below the <br />expected waterline cannot be steeper than 3W:1V; remaining slope lengths may not be <br />steeper than 2H:1V. Where wildlife habitat is the proposed future land use, <br />shorelines should be irregularly shaped to promote a diverse wildlife habitat. <br /><The DOW should 6e consulted where wildlife is the proposed future land use.) <br />5. Specify the reclamation treatment of any waste rock dumps, tailing <br />Impoundments, underground mine openings, ditches, sediment controi facilities, <br />buildings and other features specified in your mine plan but not previously <br />addressed in the reclamation plan narrative. These features must be shown on <br />Exhibit E - Map, This should describe the measures taken to minimize disturbance <br />to the hydrologic balance, prevent off-site damage, and provide fora stable <br />configuration consistent with the proposed future land use. <br />6. The maximum amount of financial warranty for Limited Impact Operations that <br />do not utilize cyanide processing 1s $5000. The Board will assess a financial <br />warranty not to exceed $20,000 for any mining operation which uses cyanide <br />compounds in a leaching or milling process. If you wish to commit to a $5,000 <br />financial warranty, then you do not need to provide an estimate of reclamation <br />costs. <br />If you want to post a financial warranty of a lesser amount, then you must provide <br />an estimate of the actual costs to reclaim the site based on what it would cost the <br />state using an independent contractor to complete reclamation. Please include the <br />unit costs for the following activities as appropriate to the operation: <br />backf1111ng, grading, topsoil application, seeding, mulching, fertilization, and <br />labor to complete reclamation. You will need to determine the point during the <br />operation when the site has reached a point of maximum disturbance. The cost to <br />reclaim the site to the specifications of the reclamation plan at this point must <br />be estimated. Unit costs (cost per cubic yard), volumes, haul or push distances, <br />and grades should be included when backfi111ng and grading is part of the <br />reclamation plan. Volume and unit costs for finish grading, subsoil and topsoil <br />application should be provided in terms of cost per cubic yard. The estimated cost <br />for fertilizer, seed and mulch acquisition and application should be provided as <br />Cost per acre. <br />Equipment costs must include such factors as operator wages and benefits, fuel and <br />lubricant consumption and depreciation. The cost to mobilize and demobilize the <br />equipment from the nearest population center should be estimated. <br />All items referenced in the reclamation plan must be included in the cost <br />calculation. These items in addition to earthwork, s'UCh as detoxification of <br />cyanide heaps, building demolition, fencing, monitors"ng well sealing or stream <br />channel reconstruction must also be included in the reclamation cost estimate. <br />.After the direct costs noted above have been estimated, 15.8X of that total should <br />be added to the estimate. This additional cost is required to cover indirect costs <br />that an independent contractor would incur when performing reclamation of the site. <br />