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EXHIBIT-E RECLAMATIONPLAN Note #1 The following speck reclamation items were mod~ed by the State Engineer's Office concerning water right information: Items 7&9; Note #2 The following specific reclamation items were modified by the local office of the State Land Board: Items 10, 11, 12, and 13. The State Pit No. 38 will provide "pit-run" and crushed road-base materials for the Moffat County highway system in the northern central portion of the county; the road- base materials will be stored on the property until used. Whenever it is practical, the operator will grade the mined-out portion of the excavation area, however, because some materials may be stored in the disturbed area, the final grading and application of topsoil will not be undertaken until the whole pit is ready for reclamation. Moffat County will stabilize the topsoil stockpiles, and reclaim the affected azea with the seed-mix formula in Exhibit E-1. • Moffat County has as many as 18 active gravel pits on inventory at arty one time, and finds it impractical to work with a different seed-mix for each project. In 1991, we asked specialists from BLM, Soil Conservation Service, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, and the County Agent to design awed-mlz that would be acceptable for all of the County s projects. The agencies recognized that it wasn't perfect, but they deferred to the above formula, and for some I S years Moffat County has reclaimed its gravel pits using this formula without a failure or complaint. • The State ojColorado Board ojland Commissioners approved Mo,,(/at County's seed-mirformula for the State Pit No. 38 on September 5, 2006, with a signed statement by Lane W. Osborn, Manager of the Northwest District Offce (See Exhibit E-1). Specific Reclamation Information: 1. Moffat County will store overburden in stockpiles that will be stabilized and protected from the forces of erosion. 2. The maximum gradient of all of the reclaimed slopes will be 4:1 (horizontal to vertical). 3. The future use of the affected azea will be the same as the pre-mining use: rangeland. 4. The operator will replace 6 to 10 inches of topsoil onto the disturbed and graded areas, and will apply the approved seed-mix formula as specified in Exhibit E-1. 5. The topsoil will be disked to bind it into the sub-soil and it will either be drilled :" to i" deep in the prepazed seedbed, or, the seed will be broadcast at the rates specified in Exhibit E-1. If broadcast, the seed shall be raked or harrowed after application. State Pit No. 38 -Moffat County Road Departmrnt