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EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION ALAN THE RECLAMATION OF THIS AFFECTED AREA WILL BE RATHER SIMPLE ANO WILL COMMENCE DURING THE SEASON OF 1980. THE NATURAL DRAINAGE OF SURFACE WATER WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AND THE OPEN LAKE AREA WILL ONLY BE ENLARGED VERY SLIGHTLY IF A7 ALL. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY TOPSOIL OR OVERBURDEN REMOVED FROM THE AREA. AS SOON AS THE AREA ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY HAS BEEN MINED OF ALL GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL, THE STOCKPILED OVERBURDEN WILL BE REPLACED IN THAT PIT AREA AND COVERED WITH THE STOCKPILED TOPSOIL TO A DEPTH OF THREE TO TEN INC HESS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT REMOVED FROM THE MINED SITE r~;~ w;j`.~ . AND THE AREA TO BE COVERED. THIS WILL FORM A WIDE ERM BETWEEN THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE PIT OR LAKE AREA AND THE WIDTH OF THIS BERM WILL B~ DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE OVERBURDEN AND T~P- SOIL THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FR Oti' THE MINED AREA. THE GRADE WILL CONFORM TO THE EXISTING, SURROUNDING TERRIAN AND THE SLOPES WILL BE 3:1 TO WATER LEVEL AND lsl BELOW WATER LEVEL. AFTER THIS NAS BEEN COMPLETED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY THE SAME PRACTICE AND METHOD WILL BC USED ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARV~ WORKING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH AND USING THE OVERBURDEN AND TOPSOIL FROM THIS AREA TO AGAIN WIDEN THE BERM ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. WHEN THIS IS COMPIE TED, SEEDING OF NATIVE GRASS WILL BE DOVE ON THE SOUTHERN BERM AND THE MINING WILL BE CONFINED TG THE NGRTHE RN BOUNDARY IN THE SAME MANNER. WORKING FR041 EAST TO WEST. THIS OVERBURDEN AND TOPSOIL WILL BE STOCKPILED AND USED FOR A SMALL BERM ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE RAID+7AD R16HT-OF- WAY AND THE PIT OR LAKE AREA. THE WESTERN BOUNDARY HAS BEEN MINED IN THE PAST AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY AVAI:ABLE MATERIAL, THEP.E- FORE~ ONLY THE BANKS WILL BE SLOPED TOPSOILED~ AND SEEDED. W~ D'J NOT INTEND TO PLANT ANY SHRUBS OR TREES SINCE NONE EXISTED PRIGR TO r.11 NI NG. IT IS OUR INTENTION TO SEED THE RECLAIMED AREA WITH WESTERN WHEATGRASS USING APPROVED PRACTICES AND SEEDING RATE RECOMMENDED BY THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE AT THE TIMC OF SCED- ING~ WHICH WILL BE DONE AS SOON AS THE RECLAIMED AREA IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR STOCKPILE AREA DURING THE MINING OPERATION. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO USE FERTILIZER OR IRRIGATION UNLESS•IS BECOMES NECESSARY DUE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SEASON. AFTER THE RECLAMATION HAS BEEN COMPIETED~ THE AFFECTED AREA WILL BE RETURNED TO AGRICULTURE ZONING AND IF NEEDED FOR OTHER USES, THE ZONING WILL BE CHANGED ONLY WITH STRICT COMPLIANCE OF ALL LOCAL ZONING LAWS.