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Exhibit L Reclamation Costs As noted in the Reclamation Plan (Exhibit E), it is observed that the 37 acre tract can be divided into three major land uses: about 5 acres in embankments; 25 acres in mine floor; and about 7 acres. either undisturbed or in the topsoil stor- age area. Thus, only about 30 acres are subject to backfil- ling. rurther, with the deletion of the 17 acre beltway for the street and housing construction, only about 20 acres are planned for immediate (after mining) backfilling with topsoil and reseeding.(note:some backfilling & seeding is already done). As discussed in Exhibit E, under Seedbed Preparation, only about one-half, 8,066 cu/yds of some 15,000 cu/yds of top- soil would be spread for reseeding, with the remainder held in reserve for distribution around housing following const- ruction. However, for the purposes of establishing the reclamation costs, the full amount 'of topsoil and over bur- den handling has been computed. We estimate the 30 acres will be backfilled to an average depth of 24 inches. In most areas the over-burden will average about 20 inches and be covered with another 4 to 8 inches of topsoil. In total, we project the need to handle some 96,800 cu/yds'Pof material. Some backfilling has already occurred on portions of the tract presently permitted for mining. The total need for some 96,800 cu/yds of backfill will be met with an estimated 37,000 cu/yds of over-burden and 15,000 cu/yds of topsoil expected to be held in storage. In addition, another 45,000 cu/yds of over-burden and top- soil will be available from the north one-third of the pro- posed storage area ( see discussion at top of page 2 of the Reclamation Plan Exhibit E }. Access to the exposed bank will assure~an ample supply of material and the ability to shape the slope to a grade of 3:1 or flatter. We project reclamation costs as follows: Material handling-- 96,800 cu/yds @ $1.00/ cu/yd = $ 96,800 Grass seed and fertilizer (see Exhibit E pg. 31 = 517 Clean straw (2 tons/ac x 20 ac @ $60/ton) = 2,400 Compaction, seeding, mulching crimping (4x20x$10)= 800 Scarification of topsoil to over-burden (20x$1.8) = 360 Total Reclamation Cost $100,877 Less Reclamation already done - 10.000 Sub-total $ 90,877 We, therefore, request that the Reclamation Bond be set not to exceed $100,000, * 30ac x 43560sgft/ac x 2ft + 27cuft = 96,800 cu/yds