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Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br /> 6.4.5 <br /> 1) In preparing the Reclamation Plan, the Operator/Applicant should be specific in terms of <br /> addressing such items as final grading(including drainage), seeding,fertilizing, revegetation <br /> (trees, shrubs, etc.), and topsoiling. Operators/Applicants are encouraged to allow flexibility in <br /> their plans by committing themselves to ranges of numbers(e.g., 6"-12" of topsoil) rather than <br /> specific figures. <br /> Acknowledged. Rule 6.4.5(1) is an advisory statement, the particulars of which are provided for, <br /> below. <br /> 2) The Reclamation Plan shall include provisions for, or satisfactory explanation of, all <br /> general requirements for the type of reclamation proposed to be implemented by the <br /> Operator/Applicant. Reclamation shall be required on all affected land. The Reclamation Plans <br /> shall include: <br /> a) A description of the type(s)of reclamation the Operator/Applicant proposes to achieve in <br /> the reclamation of the affected land, why each was chosen, the amount of acreage accorded to <br /> each, and a general discussion of methods of reclamation as related to the mechanics of <br /> earthmoving, <br /> MISSION STATEMENT: Utilizing Resource Recovery of Sand and Gravel as a <br /> Method of Conservation to Establish a Foundation for Multiple End-Use De- <br /> fragmented Development of the Property over Time. <br /> Subdivisions are being established in Colorado where residential properties have increasingly large <br /> footprints, surrounded by an equally grand yard of bluegrass. While Kentucky bluegrass is native <br /> to Colorado by some accounts, never-the-less, it remains a monoculture of water demanding <br /> suburban yard art that fragments the local ecology of rivers and upland areas. <br /> While mankind can and must find a means to cohabitat with other species,before mankind is itself <br /> threatened, it is unreasonable to expect humans to forsake themselves and become grazers. The <br /> majority of sand, gravel and other earth products support residential infrastructure. Underlying <br /> earth resources are too often squandered when development occurs in advance of resource <br /> extraction. <br /> When extraction can occur in advance of development, the resource is 'recovered' to benefit <br /> inevitable and unrelenting human habitat and infrastructure expansion,while providing a buffer to <br /> the very impacts it serves. Hence, the Kurtz Resource Recovery and Land Development Project. <br /> Residential,commercial, and industrial development will eventually be inspired on this property by <br /> the development of surrounding properties over time. Regardless, reclamation at the location is <br /> geared to lay a foundation that will capture both short and long term multiple-end use benefits that <br /> will complement the dynamic mix of surrounding land uses, <br /> Specific Reclamation Goals and Methods: Reclamation and revegetation will return the <br /> site to a stable base of vegetation amenable to general agriculture uses that remain compatible with <br /> the location and to the surrounding lands. Table E-1: Revegetation Seed Mixture, is designed to <br /> place a great deal of genetic potential over new soils. This will aid in potential establishment of <br /> grasses native to Colorado. Additionally, the mixture is designed to vary the height, form,color <br /> and function of each species. For example, the blues of the sheep grass to the autumn red hues of <br /> the bluestems,combined with the other colors,varying heights, shapes and densities of different <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT E - Reclamation Plan <br /> Colorado Division of Mineral s & Geology Regular Impact [1121 Construction Material Permit <br /> Sand Land, Inc. - Kurtz Resource Recovery & Development Project -January 1999 <br />