PERMFILE59745

• Permit No: M1976056
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/10/1976
• Doc Name: APPLICATION FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

' EXHIBIT E
RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE
' Reclamation Plan. The reclaimed land will be a wildlife
and nature area. Reclamation will be two lakes, the ~vestern
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one approximately 17.61 acres more or less, and the e,istern
' lake approximately 15.00 acres, more or less. The lakes
will be properly sloped with 3:1 slopes from ten feet below
' the average seasonal water line to five feet above they average
seasonal water line. On the banks of the lakes and it the
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' ing operations and relating mining activity will be restored
as described under the revegetation section. The land area
will be approximately 13.94 acres. Total affected land area
is 46.55 acres, more or less.
' The area to be reclaimed is just west of the Plate

River and divided into two parts by the Lowline Ditch i:see
map, Exhibit F). The area proposed to be dredged is within
' a mile of the City of Sterling and can be preserved in a
natural state for the enjoyment of the people of the area.
The Game and Fish Club of Northeast Colorado has agreed to
' take over management of the area (see Lease in Appendix).
It is the desire of the owners of the land and minerals that
the area Ue preserved in this manner. It would be possible to
fill the lakes witi~ acceptable fill material and regrade to
elevations above the flood plain, thus creating valuable land
' for industrial use as Sterling grows; however, the owners do
not consider this type of reclamation to be the highest and

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