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<br />EXHIBIT E -RECLAMATION PLAN <br />Final reclamation of the gravel pit is to be for grazing and wildlife habitat. This conforms to <br />the land use in the area in general and in nearby Pike National Forest. Reclamation of the <br />approximately 32-acre pit area will follow the timetable as described in Exhibit D (Mining Plan) <br />and will be done in accordance with site vegetation information and applicable USDA-SCS <br />specifications, standards and guidelines (USDA-SCS, 1977; USDA-SCS, 1981a; and USDA- <br />SCS, 1981b). <br />OPERATIONS <br />Each reclamation operation will be completed for the applicable phased gravel pit areas as shown <br />on the Reclamation Plan Map (Exhibit F). Reclamation will commence after mining has been <br />completed each year. Thus, reclamation activities will be occurring on the first three acres <br />while mining proceeds on the second three acres during the second year of the operation. <br />Mining will be confined at any one time to 10.7-acre blocks. Three such blocks are specified <br />for the total mine area of 32 acres. The following are considered to be the main reclamation <br />operations: <br />1) Removal and stockpiling of topsoil prior to hauling of borrow soil (to be completed at <br />beginning of gravel mining). <br />2) Grading to final contours of borrow area and scarification of surface (to be completed <br />within six months after completion of gravel mining). <br />3) Replacement and grading of soil from topsoil area (to be completed within eight months <br />after completion of gravel mining). <br />4) Incorporating fertilizer as specified by the plan (to be completed within ten months after <br />completion of gravel mining). <br />5) Seeding grasses, mulching, and fencing (to be completed within one year after <br />completion of gravel mining). <br />The following seed mixture will be used to establish stabilizing vegetation on the stockpiled <br />(interim) topsoil and will be seeded within one year after placement of the topsoil stockpile(s): <br />v~~.o~ <br />irovt $ <br />