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EXHIBIT E -- RECLAMATION PLAN The reclamation plan will be presented in three basic sections, each which address certain site aspects in order to attain the long range goals of reclamation including: I) A geotechnically stable highwall configuration and surface grading plan which addresses the control of stormwater flows, erosion potentials, and sediment controls which will operate in perpetuity with low maintenance. 2) A site which will blend into neighboring land use as much as possible with final grading features which will protect neighboring land areas by way of diversion and retention ~~f storm flows away from the Tunnel Drive area and direct drainage into the Arkansas River. 3) A stable, self-sustaining, native vegetative mode, where appropriate, which will support wildlife use and open graze use with a minimum of maintenance demand. 1) FINAL HIGHWALL DESIGN (typical cross section drawing included) Compositional banding and zonal planes of migmatitic and metamorphic planes strike generally North-South, dipping in a generally Eastern attitude at high angles (75 degrees or more). This orientation has resulted numerous naturally occurring rock faces in the immediate area that approximate a 0.25 : I slope. These natural faces are found to be in excess of SO feet in some cases. Mining over the past twenty years in the granite area has shown that 0.25 : I slopes in this material are stable. The 1985 amendment was approved with such a highwall design parameters, but called for top soiling of the highwall benches and revegetation of the Benches with trees, shrubs, and grasses. The current amendment proposal is to retain the approved bench configuration design as originally proposed, but to forego the top soiling and revegetation attempts for a number of reasons related to environmental impact. a) The total area of highwall benches is a relatively small acreage vs the rest of the siU~. Low moisture conditions, lack of irrigation potential for seedling installation, and low plant densities over the site in general will result in a net environmental liability due to topsoil loss from the mining benches prior to vegetative stabilization of the top soiled benches. The topsoil and vegetative work will be much better utilized in the lower reaches of the mining area where vegetative establishment is a more reasonable goal. 12