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<br />Exhibit E -Reclamation Plan. <br />Parkerson Construction, Inc. proposes to reclaim the affected land as farmland, the <br />primary land use in the area. Reclamation will use scrapers to pick up, haul and spread <br />overburden and topsoil over the pit floor. Dump trucks will haul stockpiled topsoil and <br />overburden to the top of the pit slopes where the material will be pushed downward with a <br />dozer. <br />The proposed post-mining land use complies with adopted state and local land use <br />plans and programs. <br />Grading will create a topography appropriate to the final land use. b4aximum <br />slopes of 3H:1 V will be compatible with the configuration of surrounding conditions and <br />the final land use. The pit floor will be graded for farming. <br />Stockpiled topsoil will be stored and configured to minimize erosion and will be <br />located in areas where disturbance by mining operations is minimal. Topsoil stockpiles <br />will not be moved until needed for final reclamation. <br />Pit slopes will be vegetated to establish along-lasting vegetative cover capable of <br />self-regeneration without dependence on irrigation, soil amendments or fertilizer. <br />Surrounding area vegetation is primarily crops and natural vegetation. <br />The acreage figures for land to be reclaimed differently do not match on the map <br />because an adjustment was made for the greater net surface area a 3H:1 V slope would <br />create, as opposed to the surface area shown on the map. Acreage figures on the maps <br />will be revised. <br />Reclamation will begin in the west end of the pit when mining disturbance <br />approaches 40 acres. Present site disturbance is 22 acres. When mining is completed in <br />Area 1, is underway in Area 2 and when product stockpiles on the 22-acre pit floor are <br />depleted or nearly depleted, reclamation in the west end of the pit will begin. Reclamation <br />will be completed in segments of 5 to ] 0 acres, in the most practical, logical way. Tasks <br />involved will use scrapers to haul topsoil and overburden to a minimum depth of two feet <br />over the pit floor. Topsoil and overburden stripped from Area 2 may be hauled and placed <br />directly on the pit floor in the western area of the pit. <br />Before placement of overburden and topsoil, the pit floor, will be graded. Dump <br />trucks will haul topsoil and overburden from stockpiles or from stripping operations to the <br />top of the 3H:1 V slopes to be dumped over the edge of the slope. The dumped material <br />will be dozed downward and spread over the slope from top to toe to a minimum depth of <br />6 inches. Seed will be broadcast on the slopes in quantities required by the Mesa Soil <br />Conservation District. <br />