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EXHIBIT E -Reclamation Plan <br />1) The original reclamation plan for the 110 permit was to return the mined area to <br />rangeland. The plan for the expanded 112 permit is the same. However, the original 110 <br />plan called for final slopes of 8:1. The new sloping plan for the converted 112 permit is <br />to slope all back slopes at 3:1. The area will have the slopes smoothed, top soil returned <br />to the surface, a cover crop established, and be re-seeded to grass. <br />2) The specific details of the Reclamation Plan include the following: <br />a) As proposed in the original 110 permit, the permit area will be smoothed out, <br />leveling any remaining deposits of sand and gravel. Any overburden not suitable for <br />mining will be replaced evenly over the slopes. All back sloping will be at a slope of 3:1. <br />Following final shaping, the mined area will be worked for a seedbed and seeded to a <br />cover crop of sorghum-type forage. <br />A grass mixture of 1 pound PLS per acre of blue grass, 5.5 pounds of PLS per <br />acre of western wheatgrass, and 1 pound PLS of side oats grams will then be seeded. The <br />final seeded area will be fenced to prevent livestock from grazing until a grass stand is <br />fully established. <br />b) The site of the pit is rangeland which is pastured by cattle. The post-mining <br />activity is to return the site to the same use. <br />c) The proposed plan of reclamation will meet the standards as outlined in Section <br />3.1 of the Regulations. Materials will be handled in a manner to control erosion and <br />siltation of affected lands and to protect areas outside the affected pit area. Groundwater <br />will not be encountered at the site. Wildlife does not occur in any great abundance at the <br />existing site. However, mining and reclamation will be conducted in a manner which <br />takes into account the safety and protection of wildlife that appears at the site, Topsoil <br />will be removed and segregated from other material at the site. Vegetative cover will be <br />established on those topsoil stockpiles which will be in place for a length of time where it <br />will not be quickly replaced. There are no buildings or structures within 200 feet of the <br />site. The site will have a clearly posted operation sign which state the name of the <br />Operator, the name of the approved permit, and the permit number as issued by the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. <br />d) The revegetation plan uses the same plan as submitted for the original 110 <br />permit and described in item a) above. The forage cover crop will be planted no later <br />than July. Once the cover crop is established, grass seeding can generally take place any <br />time between November through April. <br />e) Because of the limited size of the pit, reclamation will be completed after the <br />entire area is sloped and prepazed for reclamation. We anticipate that once the expanded <br />pit area is mined, re-sloped, and has top-soil replaced, that re-seeding of the pit will take <br />place. <br />6 <br />