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EXHSBST E <br />Reclamation of the Perry Pit site will be as pastureland with <br />lakes created by the extraction of the sand and gravel resource. <br />Tt is also anticipated that the creation of the lakes will <br />enhance the wildlife habitat presently found in the riparian <br />river bank area. The three lakes that will be created will have <br />a total water surface area of 57.7 acres. <br />Final sideslopes created in the lakes will be in the accepted 3:1 ` <br />and 2:1 configuration required by the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Regulations. Overburden and topsoil stockpiles will be seeded <br />with wheatgrass if they remain longer than one growing season. <br />No mining will take place within 100 feet of the South Platte <br />River, so the riverbank as well as dikes along the river will <br />remain undisturbed. <br />It is anticipated that the mining operation will not consume more <br />than six acres per year and reclamation will immediately follow <br />Wining along the shoreline. The stripping ahead of the mining <br />will involve no more than three acres at any one time. There <br />will also be another five acres which will have undergone seeding <br />but will not have been released from financial warranty. Exhibit <br />L presents a cost breakdown for each component of reclamation. <br />The following remarks are in response to Rule 6, Reclamation <br />Performance standards. <br />6.1 Grading <br />a) Grading will be carried out to create a topography <br />appropriate to the final land use, which is pastureland. <br />b) Grading will be continuous and uniform, and will be <br />performed to minimize erosion and siltation. Land outside <br />of the disturbed area will not be affected by mining <br />operations. There will be no highwalls left on this site. <br />Slopes will be no steeper than 3:1 above the water and ten <br />feet below the water with 2:1 slopes in water deeper than <br />ten feet. <br />c) Grading and topso111ng are to be a contemporaneous operation <br />with the mining process. <br />E-1 <br />