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EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLp~ NARRATIVE: • Ili riiiiiiiii~ii r~i THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONVERSION IS TO DEVELOP THE SAND, GRAVEL ANO CLAY DEPOSITS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING BIG BURN PIT NO I.~. THE MDFFAT COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT WILL MINE THE MATERIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINING PLAN IN EXHIBIT D. WHENEVER IT IS PRACTICAL THE OPERATOR WILL GRADE THE MINED-OUT PORTIONS OF THE EXCAVATION AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THE APPLICATIDN OF TOPSOIL IS GENERALLY NOT PRACTICAL UNTIL THE WHOLE PIT IS READY FOR RECLAMATION. THEREFDRE~ THE COUNTY W[LL SHAPE THE TOPSOIL PILES AND GRADE AND STABILIZE THEM BY SEEDING THE APPROVED SEEDING MIXTURE SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT E-I. FERTILIZER AND MULCH ARE NOT PRACTICAL IN THIS RECLAMATION PLAN. PECIFIC APPLICATION INFORMAT 1. THERE WILL BE NO OVERBURDEN TO REMOVE PRIOR TO MINING OF THE ROAD-BASE MATERiALS~ THEREFORE NONE TO HE REPLACEDi 2. THE MAXIMUM GRADIENT OF RECLAIMED SLOPES WILL BE 3:1 (HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL); 3. (A) THE FUTURE USE OF THE AFFECTED AREA WILL NOT CHANGE FROM THE EXISTING RANGELAND USE ("GRAZING"); (B) THE OPERATOR WILL REPLACE 6"'8" OF TOPSOIL ON THE GRADED SLOPES AND WILL APPLY THE MLRD APPROVED SEED-MIX FORMULA AS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT E-1 (~) THE TOPSOIL WILL BE DISCED TO BIND IT TO THE SUBSOIL AND EITHER DRILLED ) TO I INCH DEEP 1N THE PREPARED SEEDBED OR, THE SEED W[LL BE BROADCAST AT THE RATES SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT E-I; (D) IF BROADCAST THE SEED SHALL BE RAKED OR HARROWED AFTER APPLICATION; (E) MULCH WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE AND THEREFORE IT WILL NOT BE APPLIED; (F) MDFFAT COUNTY AND THE MLRD HAS ADOPTED A SEED-MIX FORMULA FOR ALL OF THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT'S ROAD MATERIALS PITS. THIS FORMULA WAS ADOPTED FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE LOCAL $OIL CONSERVATION $ERVICE~ BLM, COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT AND BY MLRD RECLAMATION SPECIALIST GREGG R. $OUIRE.;