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Bestway Paving Company <br /> 112 Permit Application <br /> ' EXHIBIT E, RECLAMATION PLAN SUMMARY <br /> A detailed reclamation plan is in preparation and is nearly completed. <br /> The goal of the reclamation plan is to return the site to an aesthetically <br /> ' pleasing and agriculturally productive condition as soon as possible after <br /> mining. The following paragraphs summarize the contents of that reclama- <br /> tion plan. <br /> Portions of the site which were mined prior to occupancy by Bestway <br /> Paving Company and which now contain the crushing operation, asphalt batch <br /> plant, shop and office buildings, and material stockpiles will be kept <br /> as a plant site even after all gravel materials have been removed from <br /> ' the site. Past experience has demonstrated that it is economically feasible <br /> to import gravel materials from adjacent mining operations and. to stockpile <br /> ' t <br /> ( and process those materials in the present operating area. The rest of <br /> ' the site, however, will be reclaimed to agricultural uses, that is, <br /> primarily for the growing of corn and/or alfalfa. The portion of the <br /> ' site intended for agricultural uses will be reclaimed so that a minimum <br /> of three feet of topsoil and overburden, in combination, will overlie the <br /> 1 water table. The final site configuration has been designed around the <br /> elevation constraints imposed by the water table. A material shortage <br /> will exist when this is done, resulting in a pond of approximately fourteen <br /> acres. The perimeter pit slopes will be graded to result in slopes <br /> no steeper than 3: 1 (horizontal to vertical) . The slopes immediately <br /> 1 surrounding the pond to a height of five feet above the water surface to <br /> 1 a depth of ten feet below the water surface will also be graded no steeper <br /> than 3: 1 . The berms constructed around the perimeter of the site will be <br /> ' vegetated using native species of trees, shrubs, and grasses. <br /> 1 <br />