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EXHIBIT E - Reclamation P1a~Cont) <br /> <br />only plan suitable for the area. A vegetation plan designed for range, recreational <br />purposes, or other land usage would be impractical. Also, an alternate plan would <br />not be consistent with present land use policy of the area. Another reason for re- <br />storation to forest habitat as the only vegetation plan is the invasion of. inactive <br />tailings ponds by pioneer .communities (grasses and shrubs). This fact demonstrates <br />the feasibility of reclaiming the affected lands to forest habitat in contrast to <br />an alternative vegetative habitat, foreign to the vicinity. <br />The affected lands to be reclaimed to forest habitat through revegetation are <br />divided into four working sites. These sites and their acreages are: <br />1. Tailings slopes ) <br />) 96 acres <br />2. Tailings pond areas ) <br />The maximum slope of the existing inactive Tailings Ponds No.. 1, No. 2 <br />and No. 3 are in the range of 1:1 to 2:1. Grading or altering of these <br />slopes is not under consideration at this time. This is due to the <br />impracticality of employing machinery to do work on these slopes. The <br />maximum anticipated slope of Tailings Pond No. 4 currently icy use is <br />2.5:1. The slope of this pond is also not expected to be altered for <br />reasons stated above. These are the 'only affected areas where the <br />slope has been changed from the existing topography.. <br />3. Borrow and construction sites 27 acres <br />4. Mine and mill sites 9 acres <br />The tailings slopes and pond areas are the only affected lands to be reclaimed <br />according to the entire revegetation program. Borrow, construction areas, and the <br />mine and mill sites are lands comprised of natural soils. Consequently, they do not <br />require the stabilization phase of this revegetation program. The tailing:; slopes <br />and pond areas can be subdivided into four main tailings deposition sites previously <br />or currently being used: Tailings Pond No. 1, totaling 30 acres; Tailings Pond No. 2, <br />totaling 21 acres; and Tailings Pond No. 3, totaling 4.5 acres. These are~.s are pre- <br />sently inactive and in the process of being reclaimed.l Tailings Pond No. 4, which <br />will comprise an area of 39 acres, is currently being used for tailings deposition. <br />The expected life of this pond is twenty years. Reclamation of this pond will begin <br />before abandonment, however, and proceed with the growth of the pond. <br />1Tailings Pond No. 3 is being used as an emergency dump pond, hence it is periodically <br />in use for a short time. <br />-15- <br />