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EXHIBIT E: Reclamation Plan Ormiston Gravel Pit, M-94-048 The Ormiston gravel pit will be reclaimed to the San Juan National Forest Service specifications, which are closest to the DMG's pastureland use. All slopes will be graded to a 3:1 (or less steep) slope. A topsoil layer of approximately 2 inches will be placed on the regraded mine area. Reclamatiott activities will follow mining activities as closely as possible. Completed mining areas within sub-phase 1 will be reclaimed as it is still being mined. Reclamation should be completed in sub-phase 1 before mining begins in sub-phase 2. According to the Forest Service Reclamation Plan, the eastern half of Phase 1 shall be reclaimed before the expiration of the Special Use Permit, or the year 2002. Please see mine and reclamation plan maps. It is estimated that phase 1 will take until the year 2025, an additiona126 years to mine and reclaim. The Forest Service reclamation stipulations are as follows: During the spring or early summer a cover crop of either sudangrass, at a rate of 10 lbs. P.L.S. per acre, or border oats, at a rate of 40 lbs. per acre, will be drill seeded. In addition, during late summer or fall a perennial grass seed mix will be drill seeded. The preferred mix for the area is 816s. Indian ricegrass, ] O ]bs, western wheatgrass, and 2 lbs. PLS, per acre of one of the following: blue grams, needleeandthread, muttongrass, or intermediate wheatgrass. Furthermore, 20% of the reclaimed acreage will be seeded and established, in not more than 0.1 acre plots, to adaptable forbs such as scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcia coccinea), and "Bandera" Rocky Mountain Penstemon (Penstemon strictus). The areas planned for forb seeding shall remain bare, other than the initial cover crop seeding, and forb seeds shall be raked into the soil at a depth not to exceed % inch. Any noxious weeds shall be controlled yearly in reclaimed areas until an acceptable stand of grasses and forbs are established. (This paragraph was copied from the Special Use Permit mining plan -attached to Exhibit D.) Please also refer to the attached NRCS comments. The seed will be sown by drilling; if soil conditions make this impossible, seed will be broadcast and raked in at double the drilling rate. At the time of reclamation, soils will be tested to determine if fertilizer should be added. If a fertilizer is needed, it will be applied a 40Ibs per acre. A straw or clean hay mulch will be applied at a rate of 2 tons/acre, spread by mechanical blower and preferably crimped into the soil. In regard to the final drainage of the pit, a slight crest shall be left in the middle of the pit to encourage positive drainage to the west-southwest. Runoff and moisture accumulating in the pit will be drained to a water impoundment in the southwest comer of the pit.