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i <br />~nks and Gesso, LLC <br />EXHIBIT E -RECLAMATION PLAN <br />The post-mining land use for the Fort Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine permit area <br />will be for two connected water-storage reservoirs with surrounding wetland <br />vegetation producing beneficial wildlife habitat in the form of resting and feeding <br />areas for waterfowl. The reclamation plan is presented as follows: <br />Reclamation Process <br />Land disturbance on the permit area will begin with removal and stockpiling of <br />topsoil with a scraper prior to mining. Total disturbed areas (the affected area) <br />can be seen on Exhibit C. Topsoil will be utilized for future surface reclamation <br />as plant-growth medium and as a component of backfill for mined pit-slopes and <br />the reconstructed Lupton Bottom Ditch. Topsoil stockpile berms will be <br />strategically located over the permit site to facilitate easy access for reclamation. <br />Temporary revegetation of topsoil stockpiles will occur and be maintained until <br />the topsoil is reused in the reclamation process. Reclamation, as backfill, will be <br />concurrent with mining once the near-vertical pit slopes of the outer mining limits <br />are established down to the shale bed. Backfilling of the pit slopes and the <br />reconstructed Lupton Bottom Ditch will utilize excess topsoil salvaged during <br />mining and will be mixed with weathered shale bedrock removed from the base <br />of the sand and gravel deposit. The reclaimed shorelines for the reservoir ponds <br />will slope at 3:1, beginning inward until the slope is 10 ft. below the maximum <br />capacity for the designed reservoir water level, at which point a 2:1 grade wiN <br />complete the slope to the reservoirlpit floor. Exhibit F, the Reclamation Plan <br />Ft. Lupton Sand and Gravel Mine.CDMG.112 Permit ~ 7 99024.WD <br />L.G. Everist, Inc. December, 1999 <br />