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RECLAMATION PLAN <br />GRADING: The grading plan for the Little Johnson area is different from the rest of the operation. <br />Whereas 3:1 slopes are the maximum steepness of slope allowable elsewhere, the Little Johnson azea <br />will have a slope similar to that shown on the Reclamation Plan maps (Exhibits F-1 and F-2). These <br />slopes will vary from about 15:1 on the western half to about 40:1 on the eastern half of the mining <br />area. If the mining does not, in fact, extend as far east as shown on the map then the slopes will be <br />somewhat steeper, but should not ever be steeper than about 12:1. <br />The final slopes will be created in the process of mining. For details on the mining process <br />please refer to Exhibit D -Mining Plan. Thus, no more than just some minor touch-up will be needed <br />before the growth medium is replaced. <br />However, the slopes along the south side of the Little Johnson mining area will have a <br />maximum gradient of 3:1. The temporary slope along the north edge of the Little Johnson mining azea <br />will also have a maximum 3:1 slope. But, as noted on the Reclamation Plan Map (Exhibit F-2) this <br />northern section is potentially a temporary treatment, whereas the south side of the mining area is <br />most likely permanent. <br />If the ditch is relocated and the adjacent Phase Se is mined, this "temporary" slope would be <br />removed, but only if no reservoir is constructed in the Little Johnson area. Thus, the "temporary" <br />slope must be reclaimed as though it is the final slope. This is necessary because the construction <br />of a reservoir in the Little Johnson area is the most limiting final land use, that is, the use that requires <br />this material be present. All other uses envisioned for this area would probably not require this <br />material to be in place and would allow removal of the sand under the ditch after the ditch is <br />relocated. <br />In effect, at the end of the Little Johnson mining it is safe to assume that the Fountain Mutual <br />Ditch will still be in its current location and a decision as to the creation of a reservoir will not have <br />been made. Until the ditch is moved this material must remain in place, irrespective of whether a <br />reservoir is created or not, because the ditch route flows across the top of this material. But the ditch <br />also extends further to the west between Phase Se and the phases to the south of the ditch. <br />Furthermore, the current plan anticipates the ditch being relocated at some point and the sand under <br />the ditch corridor removed. Therefore, to accommodate the ditch, material on the south side of the <br />ditch corridor must remain until the ditch is moved. None of the material under the ditch can be <br />removed until such time as the ditch is moved to a different location. This is already provided for in <br />the existing permit. <br />But in the Little Johnson area an additional consideration must be taken into account. The <br />Little Johnson area may eventually be returned to a reservoir. This is an expressed desire of the <br />landowner of the Little Johnson area. Therefore, the material on the south side of the current ditch <br />comdor (north side of the Little Johnson azea) must remain in place, whether the ditch is moved or <br />not, until such time as it is decided whether the reservoir will be built. <br />If the reservoir is created then the final configuration of the Daniels Sand Pit slopes will return <br />to a pattern highly similar to the currently permitted pattern. But, if the reservoir is not created, then <br />Daniels Sand Pit #2 -Little Johnson Amendment - M-is~s-oor Exhibit E Page 2 <br />