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H}~BIT B <br />• RECLAMATION PLAN <br />The Reclamation plan is to return the site to its natural condition <br />open range land. A mixture of grasses suitable to the area has been <br />recommended by the Soil Conservation Service. As noted in the soil <br />descriptions, this area is poorly suited to windbreaks and <br />environmental plantings. Weld County will initiate the reclamation <br />procedure as part of the mining phase. The topsoil will be stripped <br />from the area to be disturbed and stockpiled. At the end of each <br />mining phase where the operation has to be completed, the banks will <br />be shaped to a slope not to exceed 4: 1, and the available topsoil <br />replaced. As the reclaimed area is the same as the mined area, the <br />topsoil depth replaced will be equivalent to the existing ground <br />topsoil depth. The sloped banks will be left in a rough condition to <br />minimize wind erosion and runoff. <br />Upon completion of the pit or t'he end of the lease, the County will <br />complete the recommended seeding and revegetation of the site in <br />accordance with the Soil Conservation Service recommendations. <br />• <br />• <br />