PERMFILE124300

• Permit No: M1980120
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/28/1980
• Doc Name: MLRB DEVELOPMENT & EXTRACTION MINING PERMIT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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EXHIBIT t, RECLAMATION COSTS
' Because of the type of proposed reclamation and final land use, the costs
of reclamation are expected to be negligible. This is to say that the time
' and equipment costs to the operator above and beyond those expected for the
' mining operation itself will be very small. The mining plan and mining meth-
ods, which the operator has used in the past, have proven to result in an area
' that can be reclaimed to a conservation/wildlife habitat land use without ex-
pensive reclamation efforts.
' The operator and owner, 41e1d County, being a governmental organization, is un-
' der unique financial constraints. It is more economical for 41e1d County to fol-
low a mining plan which will facilitate a natural reclamation process than to
' reclaim the land for other usey.~ The proposed land use was selected, in part,
' because of the negligible cost of reclamation.

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