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r ~ '~ <br />EXHIBIT "D" <br />Reclamation Recommendations <br />Branson Gravel Pit <br />All available top soil will be stock piled during <br />excavation. Upon completion of the mining operations, all <br />slopes will be shaped and graded. Finished slopes shall be <br />4:1 or flatter. <br />Top soil will be spread over the entire mined area to a <br />depth of not less than 4 inches or greater than 12 inches. <br />Upon completion of top soiling, the entire area will be <br />seeded to a cover crop of oats, western wheat grass, side <br />oats Grama, blue Grama and yellow sweet clover. This <br />mixture will be seeded at a rate of 25 to 30 bulk pounds per <br />acre. The cover crop will be seeded prior to May 1st and <br />will not be mechanically harvested or grazed. <br />The attached seeding mixture will be drilled into the <br />standing cover crop during November. <br />The entire area will be excluded from grazing until the <br />seeding is fully established. If necessary the area will be <br />fenced. <br />Noxious weeds shall be controlled by mechanical or chemical <br />methods. <br />Excessive runoff from the site shall be controlled using <br />dikes, containment reservoirs and drainage culverts as <br />required. <br />Reclamation Costs: <br />Shaping and grading $ 85.00/hr. <br />Top soiling 150.00/hr. <br />Cover crop-seed & seeding 40.00/ac. <br />Grass seed & seeding 125.00/ac. <br />