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• ~ S~ EXHIBIT E III Illlllllllllllll 999 ~~~~o~~~ AUG161918 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE MINED LAND RECLAMATfON Colo. Dept. of Natural Pescuces P.0. Box 712 Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067 Don Aldrich Otero County Engineer Otero County Courthouse La JOnta, Colorado 81050 Dear Air. Aldrich: November 9, 1977 Following is the resource information you regmeeted for your pertoit application to the Colorado Alined Land Reclamation Board. This information ie for 18.49 acres of county owned gravel pit looated NW} SW~ Sec. 28, T22S, R58W in Otero County. Our assistance will be limited to Reclamation Plan, Wildlife Information, Soils Information, Vegetation Information and approximate Reclamation Costs: RECLAMATION PLAN 1. The affected area will be reclaimed for Bangeland. 2. Critical Area Planting - Area of the reclamation plan contains .48 acres roadways, 10.91 acres existing pit and 7.10 acres of proposed pit expansion. All surfaced mined areas will be reseeded at the time of abandonment using the following practice specifications: (1 ). ~i'opaoil removal - Topsoil will be removed and stockpiled prior to gravel pit operations. (2). Construction - All banks will be shaped and graded to a j:l grass or flatter. (3). Topsoil application - Topsoil removed from construction will be uniformly applied after shaping and grading. Topsoil sill be tilled into soil surface during seedbed preparation. Due to lack of topsoil on affected area it may be necessary to secure topsoil from another location prior to reseeding and apply on affected area. (4). Seedbed Preparation - Seedbed shall be loosened to a depth of six inches and smoothed. Disking or cultipacking or both may be necessary. Trash and other debris that may interfere with seeding shall be removed from the site. ($). Fertilizer - All areas to be seeded will be fertilized with not less than 40 or more than 50 pounds of available nitrogen (N2) and at least 40 and not more than SO pounds of available phosp- horous (P2o5) per acre. Fertilizer shall be the granular form and be applied uniformly over the area to be seeded. Fertilizer will be worked into the Boil during the seedbed preparation. Fertilizer application and seedbed preparation will be timed and the work coordinated so that the fertilizer will not be exposed to rainfall prior to the time is is worked into the soil. pagelof6