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RECEIVED <br />JAN 1 9 2006 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Rua13432.&107~i.4.6 (1J <br />Final grading the entire NORTH QUARRY shall <br />be to extract the resource to an essentially flat base <br />elevation approximately 24 feet below the bottom <br />of the pre-existing quarry floor. No reclamation <br />can commence until the third bench (elevation) is <br />extracted. <br />Drainage from the site will be minimal due to the <br />low precipitation expectation of the region. The <br />flat slope of the pit floor will tend to retain and <br />disburse any received precipitation or runoff from <br />the back-slopes for the consumptive use by the <br />plant life of the re-vegetated bench. A small berm <br />of fines material shall be placed at the throat of the <br />mesa wall opening to prevent runoff spillover. <br />The back-walls of each of the three extraction <br />benches shall have been drilled and shot to a <br />nearly vertical (approximately'/4-H to 1-~ stable <br />bare slope, where erosion is not a factor in the <br />extremely hard sandstone. Stepped benches of 6 <br />to 12 feet wide shall be left in the backwall at <br />approximately each 12-foot vertical elevation <br />increment. <br />(al <br />Reclamation chosen for the entire site, including <br />both the NORTH QUARRY (17~ ac) and <br />SOUTHEAST QUARRY (3. ac), is a return of the <br />premises to rangeland, since no other alternative is <br />practical. The lack of significant soils to cover the <br />pit floor, the lack of available water resources, and <br />the hardness of the pervasive bedrock preclude <br />any consideration of building sites for residential <br />or commercial purposes. The site would be <br />suitable for an industrial storage yard, but the site <br />EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />is not currently close enough to such activity to be <br />useful for the present. <br />(DI <br />The only other such extraction quarry in the <br />vicinity is on neighboring lands located just south <br />and east of the proposed site, is known as the Four <br />Corners Materials Hindmarsh Pit site. It has been <br />restored to rangelands and wildlife habitat, and <br />some pre-mining law azeas have reverted to such, <br />whether by conscious reclamation effort or re- <br />vegetation of the disturbed sites by neglect and <br />natural processes. <br />(dl <br />What little stockpiled material (composed of <br />surface soils, vegetative matter, and loose surface <br />rock, which was stripped from mining and process <br />areas) shall be spread on the pit floor with any <br />reject fines soils remaining from the rock <br />processing. Thin un-retrievable soils left on the <br />surface before initial drill & shoot extraction <br />operations are not lost since they become a part of <br />the processed reject fines that will be utilized as <br />vegetative growth media following process & <br />stockpile operations. <br />(e) <br />Reclamation surface preparation shall be delayed <br />until each of three bench elevations has been <br />extracted and the pit floor areas are no longer <br />needed for current process(stockpile operations. <br />The following table is an idealized example <br />assuming a constant rate of extracting several half- <br />acre shots each year, Actual production and <br />market demand may significantly alter this <br />hypothetical example. <br />EXTRACTED AREA EXC. COMPLETED <br />(3r0 bench elev) FENCE TOP <br />HIGHWALL UTIL¢ED AS <br />PROCESS YARD GRADE, SEED, <br />FERTILE, & <br />MULCH BOND RELEASE <br />NORTH QuARRr <br />EA5T SIDE (8.2 ac) <br />Dec 2029+ <br />2007 `08 <br />2026 `31 <br />Ma 2032+ <br />S 2036+ <br />WEST SIDE (8.4 ac) Dec 2034+ 2011= 15 2033-`36 Ma 2032± Se 2036± <br />S-EAST QUARRY (3 ac) Dec 2038 2035 2035-34 Ma 2039 Sep 2041 <br /> <br />1/13Q006 - -16 - DMO NII Appl NINOMARSH SANDSTONE <br />