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Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />EXHIBIT E -RECLAMATION PLAN <br />The primary post-mining land use for the Haldorson property will be cropland. <br />Revegetation will be accomplished using native seed mixes. The Reclamation Plan <br />assumes the cost for restoration of the mining area as cropland. Reclamation and <br />revegetation will be on-going as material is excavated. Final reclamation will be <br />completed within 2 years of the end of all on-site mining activities. Refer to Exhibit F - <br />Reclamation Plan Map for further details. <br />Reclamation Process <br />The reclamation plan calls for backfilling all of the Phase 1 mine area and the northern <br />Phase 2 mine area to approximately the 5,780 elevation. Backfilling of this area will <br />employ the use of all of the overburden stripped from all five of the mine areas. Backfill <br />material from Phase 1 areas will be stockpiled in the northern Phase 2 area until areas <br />large enough to accommodate that volume is created in Phase 1 areas. Overburden <br />from remaining phases will be placed directly in Phase 1 and 2 backfill areas. Topsoil <br />will be placed in these areas once all backfill is completed and final grade is achieved. <br />Reclamation in the remaining areas of the mine site (Phases 3, 4, 5, and the southern <br />portion of 2) will consist of topsoiling the 3:1 slopes and pit floor with topsoil that had <br />been placed in screening berms for those areas. Approximately six inches of topsoil will <br />be respread over disturbed areas. <br />Topsoil Segregation. Preservation and Replacement <br />Temporary topsoil berms will provide visual screening over the life of the mirie and will <br />be strategically located for easy access during reclamation. All topsoil stockpiles will be <br />vegetated in order to help control dust and to keep the soil arable. Watering of <br />stockpiles will occur as needed for dust control. <br />Final Grades <br />Pit edges will be mined at a 3:1 slope, leaving the desired post-mining slopes in place. <br />The Phase 1 and northern portion of Phase 2 mine areas will be backfilled with <br />overburden to approximately the 5,780 elevation (please refer to Exhibit F -Reclamation <br />Plan Map). Approximately six inches of topsoil will be re-spread over all disturbed areas. <br />Haldorson Sand and Gravel Mine 03023 <br />Haldorson and Sons, Inc. April 2003 <br />11 <br />