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EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAhfATION PLAN AND TIAfETABLE <br />Reclamation Plan. Rapid urban development is headed in <br />the direction of the mining location. There is a strong like- <br />lihood that the land will be developed as a residential area <br />as its next sequential use after the natural resources are <br />exhausted. At the present time there is no definite plan for <br />such development since it would take place in the distant <br />future. Therefore, the operator has selected a reclamation <br />plan of pasture grazing use as the most versatile and protec- <br />tive of the land until other plans are adopted. <br />As each mining stage is completed (except lA, 2A and 3A), <br />a reclamation phase will be commenced. First, the waste sand- <br />stone encountered and mined while mining the clay will be <br />returned to the floor and lower slopes. This sand material, <br />which is about 40 percent of the total material removed during <br />mining, has been found to swell considerably. The swell fac- <br />for is estimated to be 1.33. Thus, it is estimated that the <br />material returned to the pit will be in excess of 50 percent of <br />the total volume mined. Compare bfap Exhibits D-1 and F to <br />determine the total estimated backfill. <br />Next, the overburden salvaged during the stripping opera- <br />tion will be returned to the slopes and new floor area. This <br />material will be left in a fairly rough condition during <br />redeposition to allow the topsoil to "bind" to the underlying <br />materials. <br />Topsoil will be replaced as soon as the overburden has been <br />graded so that erosion of the overburden material will be <br />-18- <br />