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E7~IIBIT E -Reclamation Plan <br />1) The reclamation plan is to return the mined area to rangeland. The outside perimeter <br />of the quarter will be sloped 4:1 from the property line or the road right-of--way. The area <br />will have the slopes smoothed, topsoil returned to the surface, a cover crop established, <br />and be re-seeded to grass, except for the two ponded areas. <br />2) The specific details of the Reclamation Plan include the following: <br />a) The permit area will be smoothed out, leveling any remaining deposits of sand <br />and gravel. Any overburden not suitable for mining will be replaced evenly over the <br />slopes. All back sloping around the outside perimeter of the quarter will be at a slope of <br />4:1. Following final shaping, the mined area will be worked for a seedbed and seeded to <br />a cover crop of sorghum-type forage. <br />The seeding mixture is a recommendation from the Washington County Natural <br />Resource Conservation Service. They have proposed a grass mixture of 1.5 pounds PLS <br />per acre of blue grama, 5 pounds of PLS per acre of green needlegrass, 8 pounds PLS per <br />acre of western wheatgrass, 4.5 pounds PLS per acre of sideoats grama, 2.5 pounds PLS <br />per acre of switchgrass, and 2.5 pounds PLS of sainfoin. All livestock would be kept off <br />the quarter until a grass stand is fully established. <br />b) The site of the pit is currently CRP grassland and rangeland, which could be <br />pastured by cattle. The post-mining activity is to return the site to rangeland. <br />c) The proposed plan of reclamation will meet the standards as outlined in Section <br />3.1 of the Regulations. Materials will be handled in a manner to control erosion and <br />siltation of affected lands and to protect areas outside the affected pit area. Groundwater <br />will not be encountered at the site. Wildlife does not occur in any great abundance at the <br />existing site. However, mining and reclamation will be conducted in a manner which <br />takes into account the safety and protection of wildlife that appears at the site. Topsoil <br />will be removed and segregated from other material at the site. Vegetative cover will be <br />established on those topsoil stockpiles which will be in place for a length of time where it <br />will not be quickly replaced. There are no buildings or structures within 200 feet of the <br />site. The site will have a clearly posted operation sign, which states the name of the <br />Operator, the name of the approved permit, and the permit number as issued by the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. <br />d) A recommended revegetation plan has been obtained from the Washington <br />County Natural Conservation Reserve office in Akron. A copy of their recommendation <br />is attached. The forage cover crop will be planted no later than July. Once the cover <br />crop is established, grass seeding can generally take place any time between November <br />through April. <br />e) Partial reclamation will occur after two phases have been mined. Once those <br />two phases have been mined, they will be sloped, have topsoil replaced, and then be <br />seeded with the cover crop and ultimately the final seeding mixture. <br />6 <br />