Laserfiche WebLink
<br />EXHIBIT E -RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> <br />The post-mining land use will be two ponds, native vegetation and wildlife <br />habitat. The reclamation plan is presented as follows. <br />Reclamation Process <br />Reclamation will take place concurrently with mining and no more than 25 acres <br />associated with the mine being disturbed at any one time before reclamation <br />commences. Vegetation will be removed, and then available topsoil will be <br />stripped and stockpiled for later use in revegetation. Any surplus topsoil <br />materials corresponding to the acreage proposed to be inundated will be sold for <br />off-site uses. Overburden materials will be used to level the perimeter areas <br />surrounding the proposed ponds. This is necessary to maintain adequate <br />freeboard space on the lower elevation areas of the ponds. Areas that will be <br />inundated with water will not be replanted. Slopes and upland areas will be <br />revegetated. <br />Topsoil Preservation <br />Soils on the site vary from sandy loam to clay loam to silty clay with surface <br />layers varying from 10 to 24 inches thick. The surface layer of productive loamy <br />soils will be salvaged during the initial development phase of mining and will be <br />either stockpiled for later use or, where possible, directly applied to graded areas. <br />The location of the topsoil stockpiles will be within the permit area and in areas <br />close to final placement. As filled areas around the perimeter of the proposed <br />20 <br />