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i • Exhibit"L" Reclamation Costs The Revised Reclamation Plan will involve the placement of topsoil over approximately 34 acres previously planned to be water surface. The placement of this additional material (anywhere form 18,000 to 27,000 cubic yards) is more than offset by the elimination of the two lakes proposed in Section 9. The reason for this is that in order to construct these lakes the operator would have to excavate approximately 200,000 cubic yards of bedrock shale at a cost that would be significantly higher than the cost associated with the placement of material described above. Furthermore, it should be noted that, as with the previously approved Reclamation Plan, the intent of this Amended Plan is to balance the earthwork quantities so that the approximated proposed final reclamation contours can be obtained using only on-site materials. These on-site materials include overburden, topsoil, and wash fines. No material will be imported to the site in order to create the final grades. The DMG staff evaluated the reclamation cost associated with the Deepe Pit on August 19, 1996. Since that time, mining has been completed and finished grading work was begun. Areas that have been graded and topsoiled will be seeded during the Spring of 1997. Western Mobile anticipates completing all reclamation work related to topsoil replacement, finished grading, demolition, and seeding by the spring of 1998. Based on the differences between the approved and proposed amended Reclamation Plan as described above, the current reclamation bond amount for the Deepe Pit should be adequate to cover the costs associated with the Revised Reclamation Plan. 6