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• <br />EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />E.1 INTRODUCTION <br />Industrial Resources, Inc.'s (IRI's) reclamation plan involves an integrated <br />effort among engineering and environmental disciplines and is based on the <br />previous reclamation experiences of IRI, Multi Mineral Corporation, and <br />other resource development companies in the area. <br />The reclamation of the area disturbed by the proposed operation will be <br />directed toward returning the land to its current use as rangeland. The <br />reclamation plan presented below has been developed with this goal in mind. <br />It is not certain at this time whether the facilities associated with the <br />Pilot Plant will be used in whole or in part for future commercial mining <br />operations. If various Pilot Plant facilities are used for 1 <br />operations, revegetation may be delayed as outlined ule 6.5 (h)(iii) of <br />• the MLRD regulations. <br />The reclamation plan addresses the stabilization of the disturbed areas <br />through revegetation. Revegetation includes such topics as waste disposal <br />techniques, topsoil stockpiles, seedbed preparation, species selection, and <br />post-revegetation monitoring. Reclamation of segments of other disturbed <br />lands not within the permit area (e.g., pipeline, access roads) is an aspect <br />of the project in which the same reclamation principles apply, as described <br />herein. <br />E.2 GENERAL RECLAMATION GOALS AND PROCEDURES <br />The revegetation program is a mitigative measure to restore disturbed areas <br />to a productive condition. Disturbed area revegetation will reduce wind and <br />water erosion and will lessen aesthetic impacts by blending these areas with <br />the vegetation of the surrounding terrain. <br />. The goal of the reclamation program is to establish, as quickly as possible, <br />a long-standing productive cover that will essentially become an integral <br />E-I <br />