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• EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN <br />TYPE OF RECLAMATION <br />Because two different groups of claims are mined .out of <br />one adit, using essentially the same surface area, the <br />affected acreage has been divided between Cotter Corporation <br />and the other party, Taminco, Inc., for the purpose of <br />reclamation. <br />Using a Caterpillar D-7, or other appropriate equipment, <br />the waste dump will be graded into the existing hillside <br />as much as possible to conform with the topography without <br />spreading the dump out so far as to make the material <br />irretrievable in the future. (This statement is the <br />result of a stipulation in the E.R.D.A. lease agreement). <br />Surface buildings will be removed and ventholes and <br />portals closed as dictated by the lease. Compacted areas <br />will be scarified. (See Exhibit A for breakdown of affected <br />acreage). <br />• LAND USE <br />The C!~F-25 area is zoned agricultural-open by the Montrose <br />County Planning Department, permitting mining operations <br />as a use by right. At present the use is multiple-purpose: <br />mining, wildlife habitat, and winter rangeland. In the <br />foreseeable future, postmining land use will be the same. <br />RECLAMATION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS <br />Grading <br />Grading will be carried on so as to create a final topography <br />appropriate for future mining, wildlife habitat, and use <br />as winter rangeland. Slopes will approximate a 2:1 grade <br />and will not exceed the natural angle of repose of the <br />waste material. Backfilling and grading will be completed <br />as soon as feasible after the mining process which is <br />currently projected to be fifteen to twenty years from <br />now. All refuse will be hauled away from the mine site. <br />Drill sites will be plugged with a device approved by the <br />Bureau of Land Management. Cuttings piles will be buried <br />and/or spread 'thin and revegetated. Adits and shafts will <br />. be sealed permanently providing conditions stipulated in <br />the lease agreement are satisfied. <br />