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• • ~r~or,¢ ~ O'T r Exhibit E RECLAMATION PLAN ~ Rt~FT Uwl Canyon The aEFectcd land shall be teclaoned to its rniginal land use of limited wildlife habitat fhre to the s?verity oC slope ofthc tcuaut and the hard rock outcropping, it would not be applicable to uthw uses. • The gzneral reclamation plan is to hackfill or grade atTected areas with sandstone overburden to vatiotu depths and reduce the slopes on man made till in and outside the yuanied arras but within the nll2cted acreage boundary. A drverse topography ]»gldy atrilcd lu its reclaimed use will be built which incorporates varying slopes, highwalls ur cliffs, talus slopes and crutdl canyons or steep sided gtdliu with rock walls. ~,,,/,/(p ? The aria will be rcvcgutated with a mixhtre of Aittergrass, Meuntaor hlaltogarty, Rabbit IIrush, Indian Rice i''"""- ' ~ ~~ Grass and Sand Dropseed. 'Rea lead will be >.pread with conrontionnl seeding methods, applied as a ~ ~ ' hydromtrlch or hwrd M oeduest at I8 lbs. per acre during the growing season. The test plot that w:~i established of 196 proved that the species of Indian Rice Grass, weslem Wheal Crass Rabbet Brush Mowdain Mahogany and Antelope hittzr Bntsh will revegetate, although slow and sparse. 'Rte Pinon Pine seedlings all died. The area of the original tc,t plot has been taken over by muting operation principally because the Puion Ptne died. In 1982, tit collaboration with Culurado Slate University, another attempt was made, in wwdtcr luratiwi, to uwisplanl Paton Pines.'I'hcsc also failed to grow. The method of backfillirtg Ntc yuartied area with sandstone os'erbtrrdzn and other excess quw ricd ntutcrial was chnscn as the bzsl means of aeltizving mdamation oCthe aftocted land for two (2) rnain reason.: 1. The sandstone overburden will consist of a sutTicirnt ynwttity of lute material which will allow root growth of grasses, sluubs and possibly Ptnen Pines trees while still containing enough larger rock to maintain erosional stability. The quarried area does not hove a suitable amowit of recuvcraLlc lopsutl r and would uthuwiee be barren rock with no, ur very GILIe, chwu.c Cut airy ievcgrta[ion. 2. The sandstone overbtrrdzn mtut be removed to ubt:riit the nnnketuble limestone and tharefflrc mutt he disposed ef. ICnot replaced in the disttrrbrd areas it would require art additional disturbance of many acres. "[lee pmpused post muting hind use will he very crnnpattblc with sunilar terrain to the Lust, North and SwNt ofthe current quarry. The Droop barren hogback funuetiens du not hove any productive use other r!•ian occasional and limited wildlife habitat. This will rilso match local land use plans and pmgrui~s which designate the vicinity as open. hnpltmrnL•ttion of this reclamamon plan wall rehabilitate the allcetcd Itutd closely to the existing corrfitiuns :+f n:d ur:d vegetation which now eoneista of MuturGiot mtrhogany, Lhtter bntsh, Rabbit brush acrd hxliati rir:r grass. It is not known whether resucding o(Pinon ptnc leers well be po..ible. LW arc included of Utt test plot to determiric the Ceasihility oCreestablishing the Lees. Since 1990, over 300 Rrton seedlings have been planted wed there has been some success but the grc atcst success occurted when seeds were Lend scattered wed Icft to gcmiinate naturally. Through 19?7 over twelve (1?) acres hat ha gredcd and seeded and ;dthough same Potou pores aze growing, Nee greatest success h;u beat the grading and plant cover ira those areas. ICit is feasible, the trees will be included in the reclamation plan which wrndd rhea bring the rehubilitnllon back to the conditions ofnatur:d vegetation. Water, av and sod u~ll nut be altered by the muting utivtty. There is no water Dresent in the proposed mining area 'Ric au quality will not be damaged ur pormancntly ~ altered The cuaent soil wtuch consists of mck outcropping will cwisinl of G;rgmented rock when rehabilitated. 90'd Sr4® Lob 0L6 N3I-1 WF15 Wd LS=£0 86-60-"tflf