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Exhibit E RECLAMATION PLAN <br />There are no plans at this time to change the future use of <br />the mined areas. The following amendment to the Reclamation Plan <br />is numbered sequentially for the purposed described in the Mining <br />Plan text. Currently the post mining land use is dryland pasture <br />and the new area will have the same designation. The approved <br />reclamation plans, including resoiling, revegetation methods and <br />species, will remain unchanged on the existing permit areas. We <br />will use the revegetation and resoiling methods approved in the <br />original conversion and amendment, on the new area. Review of. <br />the new Reclamation Plan map shows how the entire permit area <br />will be reclaimed. Note: that only the newly added area is <br />colored to avoid confusion in the future when working with this <br />map. <br />AMENDMENT 3 - Mine slopes. <br />In the existing permit area the slopes along the west and <br />south sides that were to be left have been removed and reestab- <br />lished along the new permit line. They will be graded 3:1 from <br />the existing surface level to the mine floor. <br />The soils and vegetation on the new area are described in <br />Exhibit I/J of this packet the information supplied is 1996 was <br />adequate to cover the new area so the only revision was to the <br />Soils Map. Exhibit I/J in this report is a reprint of that <br />information. The soil and overburden cover on the new area is a <br />little deeper than what was encountered in the old permit area. <br />It varies from 8 inches to 3 feet. McAtee will salvage what <br />growth medium is present to use on the site for revegetation. It <br />may be necessary to use some of the overburden as growth medium <br />using soil enhancements to improve its revegetation potential. <br />information on the soil enhancement methods is discussed on Page <br />15(1996) of the 1996 report. <br />The approved seed mix, on page 16(1996) will be used on the <br />new area. The Reclamation Plan information for the site is <br />described in that document and will be applied to the new area, <br />with the exception noted above. <br />AMENDMENT 4 - Revised Reclamation Timetable <br />The Timetable reflects the areas shown on the new maps in <br />this amendment. <br /> .: ACHES t <br />PHASE YEARS 2'UTAT, ROAf) ' RSVEGETATION UNDISTURBSil <br />EXISTING AREA 4-6 38.00 0.79 36.84 0.95 <br />NSW AREA 4-6 71.37 1.65 69.71 2.89 <br />TOTALS 109.37 2.44 106.55 3.84 <br />5 <br />