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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />Eihlbit E CMLRB I I2 Permit Application <br />Agile Slone Systems. Inc. <br />• Exhibit E Reclamation Plan <br />1.0 Post Mining Land Use <br />The Pazkdale Ranch Project Area will be reclaimed to open space and dry land pasture <br />consistent with pre-mining land use and existing adjacent lands. After the completion of <br />mining, nearly all of the land area will continue as ranch land and open space. Certain <br />limited structures, roads and tracks will remain for use by the shortline freight and tourist <br />railroad operations as well as the ranch operations. <br />2.0 Introduction <br />Concurrent reclamation of disturbed areas will be implemented to the extent possible. <br />Gravel Area "B" will be backfilled with plant fines or unmarketable rock and sand <br />material -material the same or similaz to material already in the existing gravel bar. All <br />disturbed azeas within the gravel bar azeas will be graded to final slopes of 2.5:1 to 3.0:1. <br />Current plans for permanent reclamation/stabilization measures include development of a <br />post-mining topography that is self-draining and blends into adjacent undisturbed lands to <br />the extent possible. Following grading, all disturbed gravel azeas and as much of the <br />disturbed granite quarry floor and benches as possible will be topsoiled and seeded with a <br />• diverse seed mix. The granite quarry will be reclaimed to wildlife habitat and open space <br />via a mixture of highwall faces, shot rock talus slopes and revegetated/nonvegetated mine <br />benches. Available topsoil and/or amended planting media from operations will be <br />hauled to the reclaimed mine benches and, where used, applied to a depth of 6" to 12". <br />The final reclamation of the granite quarry azea will address a number of issues. The <br />final granite quarry land form will: <br />1) conform as much as possible to the original and/or adjacent contours, <br />2) meet or exceed the original vegetative cover and wildlife carrying <br />capacity, <br />3) "break" the straight bench lines and highwall vertical faces with <br />combinations of rock talus slopes, revegetated benches and un-revegetated <br />benches, and <br />4) leave the site under long term mechanical stability for public safety. <br />The sandstone quarry will have less of a slope after mining than before mining. Mining <br />will follow the bedding planes demonstrated in the sandstone formation which have a 30 <br />degree to the west dip. Laminations vary from one to several feet. There will be no <br />vertical step in the final quarry exceeding about 8'. The existing natural highwall in the <br />drainage channel will be mitigated by following the bedding planes away from the <br />drainage channel. There will be no highwalls at the end of mining and no slopes steeper <br />than 1:1. The drainage channel will be choked with 8"+ rock for additional erosion <br />control and adjacent flat areas resoiled, seeded, fertilized and mulched. <br />t <br />