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r : .i .~ <br /> <br />shelf is reached to the east of the ponds. Once this first phase <br />is complete, excavation will proceed to the north with a 600 foot <br />width. Extraction will be less than 70,000 tons per calendar year, <br />and based on the maximum annual extraction rate the life of the <br />mine will be about 6 years. <br />Since the washing and crushing equipment and the stockpiles <br />occupy several acres of the site, no reclamation of the site would <br />be practical until the mining operation is complete. The reclamation <br />plan (Exhibit E) will be completed either during the last year of <br />mining or the following year. <br />B-2 <br />