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EXAIBIT E <br />Reclamation Plan <br />Final reclamation for the Platte Valley Operation will include creation of groundwater lakes and <br />backfilling. The backfilled areas will include pastureland (with areas of created wetlands) and <br />land for future industrial use (see the Reclamation Plan Map, Exhibit F). Some of the created <br />wetland azeas will provide mitigafion for the adjacent Wattenberg Lakes site (Permit <br />I~lumber M2001008), while other azeas may be used for wetland banking. The size of the <br />groundwater lakes and backfilled areas will depend upon the availability of backfili materials, <br />but the groundwater lakes will be no greater than 100 acres and no less than 10 acres. As <br />backfilling occurs, the areas within the currently permitted site boundary will generally be <br />backfilled for pastureland/wetlands while the mine cell within the proposed amendment area will <br />be backfilled for future industrial use. The office and shop buildings and concrete batch plant <br />will remain on the site following reclamation. <br />In this area of Weld County, mining, water storage, and industrial businesses aze predominant <br />land uses along the State Highway 85 corridor. In addition, the western side of the mine site <br />consists of riparian areas along the South Platte River. Therefore, the combination of proposed <br />post mining uses is compatible with surrounding land uses. The remaining area within the <br />proposed permit boundary will consist of access roads and reclaimed or otherwise undisturbed <br />land. The approximate acreage of each of these areas is: <br />Final Land Use Area (acres) <br />Backfilled for wetland/u land azeas 30 <br />Backfilled for future industrial use 19 <br />Groundwater lake and backfilled for <br />wetland(u land azeas 52 <br />Groundwater lake and backfilled for future <br />industrial use 32 <br />Access roads 1 <br />Reclaimed or undisturbed ]and 56 <br />TOTAL 190 <br />Some roads inside the proposed amendment area and existing permit boundary will remain for <br />accessing and maintaining the wetland mitigation and banking areas and CCWCD wells. <br />Conveyor systems will be removed from the site during final reclamation activities. Roads not <br />necessary for future access and other disturbed areas associated with the conveyor system will be <br />reclaimed with vegetative cover to stabilize the soil and minimize erosion. <br />As mining progresses, overburden and process fines will become available and used for <br />backfilling of the excavated mine cells. Additional overburden, process fines, and inert material <br />from the Wattenberg Lakes mine site (Permit Number M2001008) and other sites will also <br />become available for backfilling of the mine cell areas. <br />Platte Palley Operation <br />DMC 172 PermitAmendment <br />Page 8 <br />