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Exhibit E <br />• REVEGETATION PLAN <br />The primary goal of the revegetation plan is to establish plant covers best suited for one of four distinct <br />purposes. The four main types of vegetation cover that may be established at Red Rock Mine include: <br />• Temporary-Used on areas disturbed by mining and reclamation activities that will be <br />subsequently re-disturbed to support ongoing activities; <br />• Cover Crop-Used on reclaimed topdressed areas that will act as a green manure/mulch crop; <br />• Stabilization-Used in an area drat is prone or more susceptible to erosion (i.e., diversions, <br />channel bottoms, sediment pond spillways, etc.) <br />• Permanent Rangeland-Used on permanently reclaimed lands to establish a diverse, permanent, <br />native rangeland plant community capable of supporting the designated post-mining land use of <br />rangeland, while providing ground cover that promotes soil stability and reduces soil erosion. <br />Plant species may be used singly or in a variety of combinations to establish vegetation cover best suited <br />for the intended purpose or needs of a given disturbed site. Typical uses of these seed mixtures and plant <br />species that will be considered for use in them aze presented below. <br />Seed Mixture Species Selection <br />Native and introduced plant species may be used in the various seed mixtures. A list of plant species <br />suited to the Red Rock mine site is provided in Table 1 Red Rock Mine-Potential Reclamation Species <br />Included is a summary of key plant attributes and characteristics that make these plant species useful for <br />• reclamation at the Red Rock Mine. Plant species use and relative composition in a seed mixture may vary <br />from year to year as described below for each seed mixture type. Plant species that may be used in <br />establishing plant cover have been selected from the following information: <br />• The site's baseline vegetation survey, <br />• NRCS Range Site descriptions for the site and adjacent undisturbed areas, <br />• Personal experience gained reclaiming drastically disturbed lands, <br />• Plant materials suppliers, and <br />• Mined land reclamation literature. <br />• Plant species listed in Table 1 are commercially available. This list may be modified as <br />commercial availability of plant materials changes over time. <br />i• <br />Native plant species will be preferentially used in the formulation of seed mixtures. Introduced and <br />developed species will be used in those instances when they are best suited for the intended use. Seed <br />mixtures will be formulated to address the specific site and use for which they are intended as described <br />below. <br />Temporary Vegetation Cover <br />Tlris seed mixture will be used to establish a temporazy vegetation cover on lands that have been <br />disturbed and will be re-disturbed by ongoing mining and reclamation activities in the future. It will <br />normally be used on lands whose interim periods between physical disturbance are projected to last more <br />than one growing season. This seed mixture will be used to establish a quick growing, permanent <br />vegetation cover drat will serve to reduce storm water runoff, reduce water and wind erosion, and <br />minimize habitat available for the establishment of noxious weeds. Typical uses for this seed mixture <br />1180-Mine Permir EzhibiLS (Ju1.03.02)FINAt,.doc E_~ <br />July 3, 2002 <br />