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"EXHIBIT G" cont. b. cont. Carefull attention will be given to the floor of the quarry, which will eventually become the location of a portion of the building sites. Shaping of the floor will provide f~~r the gradations required for overall drainage of the area. Jackson Gulch will be reconstructed as a rocky stream bed, with checks and dams to restrict water flow, and provide the principal drain- age channel for the area. Gradations for roads, parking, and utilities will also be provided with the shaping of the floor. Revegetation of this area will coincide with the eventual con- struction program. In the area now used for processing, stockpile, shop, office and scale facilities, and where there will not be any actual mining activities; the land will be leveled in a series of benches for building sites. This will be the final phase of reclamation. These benches will be created by the normal pro- cedures of cut and fill. The backslopes will be stabilized by the use of quarry rock, grasses and woody plants. Land- scaping on the benches will be designed to accommodate the building sites, parking areas and roads. The accomplishment of this reclamation plan, in conjunction with the applicable Reclamation Performance Standards of the Land Reclamation Board will establish the potential of a beni- fical land development project. In essence land reclamation was an essential prerequisite of any site development project for this property, regardless of whether or not open mining was envolved. Open mining of the aggregates is providing a feasible and simultaneous solution of the reclamation require- ments and enhancing the potential of accomplishing a successful site development and land use project. c. Timing of the reclamation is directly related to mining activity and except for the final phases of reclamation, it c+•ill be accom- plished simultaneous with the rock extraction. The map marked "Exhibit G" has designated on it four (4) parcels of land, which indicates the areas of projected activity at any given time. Parcel-2 is the location of the current mining activities and it is anticipated that the rock extraction in this ~.rea, in- cluding the reconstruction of Jackson Gulch will be completed by December 1, 1979. Mining in Parcel-3 will be es~;entially an extension of the rock extraction in Parcel-2, and it is pro- jected that the rock extraction including the shaping of the highwall and terraces in this area will be completed during the year 1989 with this highwall reclamation completed in 1990. Parcel-4 is designated as the final area of operation and it is projected that the rock extraction and shaping oi.' the high- wall including the terraces will be finished by 19911 and the reclamation completed by 1997. Parcel-1 will not be involved in any rock extraction, but will be used continousl~~ for the processing, stockpile, office, shop and scale facilities. Re- clamation of this area will begin at the conclusion of the rock extraction in Parcel-4 and is scheduled for completion in 1999. All of this projected timing is based on current extraction and marketing data and is subject to unpredictable •_conomic variations, which could dictate adjustments in the foregoing schedule. d. The reclamation plan, in relation to the land use d=velopment provides for appropriate rehabilitation of the surface dis- turbances caused by this mining operation. In so far as the resources that are pertinent to this property, all ~;xcept the subsurface materials and natural vegetation will not be appreci- ably affected by the surface disturbances. Wildlife is not a natural or normal inhabitant of the area, but the r=clamation plan will inhance the prospects of inducing wildlife to the area by revegetation and control of runoff water. Intermittent runoff from preciptation, over a limited area, is the only source of a small water resource. Cont.