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Benson Brothers Red Shale Pit <br />DMG 112 Application <br />Exhibit E- Reclamation Plan <br />3.1.10 Vegetation on the property will be as recommended by NRCS Delta Field Office. <br />Seeding will be done by broadcasting at twice the rate recommended by NRCS. <br />Seeding will follow ripping of compacted azeas. Straw will be used as mulch at 2000 <br />lbs/acre and crimped in place by tracked equipment. Re-vegetation will occur on all <br />areas of replaced topsoil. <br />The seed will be broadcast between September 1 to October 15 or March 15 and April <br />30 after ripping any compacted azeas. <br />Spraying according to an approved Delta County Weed Mitigation Plan will control <br />weeds. <br />The access and haul road established for this operation will be left in place for the land <br />owner's use after mining and reclamation aze complete. These azeas will not be re- <br />vegetated. <br />3.1.11 There are no buildings or structures on this site and there are no structures planned in <br />conjunction with this operation. <br />3.1.12 The operator will post the required sign at the entrance to the mine. <br />The boundaries of the affected area will be delineated by existing fences or steel mazker <br />posts before mining begins. <br />d) Topsoil will be removed from all areas to be disturbed and stockpiled in the process area or on <br />previously mined benches. It will be stabilized by broadcasting with a grass seed mix as <br />recommended by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Delta Office. Overburden will <br />then be removed and stockpiled in a similar manner. Overburden will be accessible for <br />backfilling and final grading as needed. The topsoil will be spread after final grading of <br />overburden. Seeding of reclaimed areas will occur between September 1 to October 15 or <br />Mazch 15 and Apri130 using the species and quantities recommended in the NRCS report plus <br />21bs/acre of birdsfoot trefoil, .21bs/acre Big Sagebrush, and .21bs/acre Utah Serviceberry. <br />e) Reclamation if this site will consist of reducing high-walls to 2:1 (h:v) and grading lower <br />benches as mining progresses to create higher benches up toward the top of the ridge. High- <br />walls will be limited to about 20 to 25 feet before a new bench will be created above the high- <br />wall. Reclamation will follow completion of mining on each bench as soon as possible and <br />about 3 acres of un-graded disturbance will be present in the mining azea at any one time. <br />Topsoil will be replaced and grass seed planted within two yeazs of final grading in a given <br />azea We expect the life of the mine to be approximately 20 yeazs with the target date of fall of <br />2026 for completion of mining activities <br />f) (i) Final grading will leave a slope and bench configuration with no slope steeper than 2:1 (h:v). <br />The reclaimed mined area will slope to the north from the lowered ridge top. <br />(ii) The Natural Resources Conservation Services report in Exhibit I recommends reseeding with <br />the mix listed below. Division of Minerals and Geology staff recommended the addition of <br />birdsfoot trefoil and the shrubs. The seed will be broadcast, at the rate indicated below, between <br />September 1 to October 15 or March 15 and Apri130, after replacement of topsoil on reclaimed <br />azeas. <br />