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Exhibit E RECLAMATION PLAN The following amendments to the reclamation plan only apply to the ExPnNSioNAREI-SouTN(EAS). Review of the 2005 maps will show how the existing permit area will be reclaimed. The text below describes how the new area will differ from the existing areas and the map shows how the EXPANSION AREA SOUTHW111 be reclaimed. The approved reclamation plans, including recoiling, revegetation methods and species, will remain unchanged on the rest of the existing permit areas. Currently the post mining land use for this area is unspeci- fied. That is being changed to developed water storage on 7.47?? Acres on the south end of the EAS and as rangeland on the north part. After mining is complete the northern part of EXPANSION AREA SourN will be backfilled to its existing elevation, level with the river bank, recoiled and revegetated using the same plans as described in the 2005 reclamation plan. In most cases backfilling will closely follow mining to better utilize material movement within the mine. The material used for backfilling the north end of the EAS will come from material stored in the original permit area north of the EAN. Around the reservoir area we will follow the plan as ap- proved in the LaFarge permit. This calls for creating the bank slopes at a 3:1 rate, recoiling the above water areas with 10 to 12 inches of topsoil salvaged from the site and seeding it with the approved seed mixture. The soils and vegetation on this areas were described in Exhibit J(revisea zoos, of the last amendment. Very little topsoil exists on the mining area, but as described in that report we will salvage what topsoil is available from the mined area to use for reclamation. Once backfilling and recoiling is completed on the north area it will be revegetated using the plan described on page E-5 of the 2005 application. 5