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The loadout area will be an area of the pit which will be flat and large enough to allow the gravel trucks to turn around, house a working stock pile and allow a front-end loader to load the trucks. The loadout area may be relocated during different phases of the operation. The loadout area is not a structure, per say, it is a work area. -' Reclamation will occur after the mining of the pit is completed. I am enclosing a seeding plan for the topsoil berm, the plan, as provided from the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, allows for five different seed mixes. Fremont County will consult with N.R.C.S. and B.L.M. and based on their input and seed availability will use one of the five or a combination of the seed mixes. RECLAMATION PLAN: With B.L.M. being the land owner and the authority issuing the Free Use Permit, then Fremont County must comply with their recommendations concerning operation and reclamation of the pit. With this in mind please amend Exhibit D of this application to include B.L.M. "Special Stipulation, Item a", which states the following: The final pit walls will be re-contoured to a slope of 3:1 (H:V) or lower, with the possible exception of the south wall where resistant bedrock may force a highwall. This south wall will be benched or backfilled with material so that a slope at least as low as 2:1 (H:V) can be achieved, However please keep in mind the statement uses terms such as "possible exception" and "may force" because the County nor the B.L.M. knows exactly what will be encountered. Because of the uncertainty, as to what may be encountered it is almost impossible provide bench configurations. The County does not have the equipment necessary to perform hardrock mining nor would the material taken from such a venture be conducive to the County's needs. Fremont County has no plans to conduct on site blasting. If more material than the topsoil is necessary at reclamation time, then material from the pit will be used as a base material, with a topsoil cover or off site material will be purchased and hauled to the site.