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.. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT E - ~ ~•-^ •`*~+ T- <br />JUN~Y1981 <br />RECLAtfATION PLAN <br />C~ <br />fdINFD LardD R!.+_ i./'. l•.a. i ION <br />Colo. Dept. of Nai~rai R2sourre~ <br />Stripping and mining will be conducted so as to minimize surface <br />disturbance. The operator will segregate topsoil and overburden for ' <br />use in reclamation. In proposed mining phase 1, topsoil will be stock- <br />piled primarily on the west and north boundaries with some possibly <br />stockpiled along the east boundary and east of the gasline. In phase <br />2, topsoil will be stockpiled on the south and west pit boundaries. In <br />phase 3, it will be stockpiled primarily along .the west and north ' <br />boundaries with possibly another stockpile on the north quarter of the <br />east boundary. SCS recommends seeding topsoil stockpiles with yellow <br />sweet clover at the rate of 70 per acre PLS. <br />Reclamation will follow extraction as closely as possible in each phase <br />and be an ongoing part of the operation.Fresent plans are to start <br />backsloping within 1~ years after a large anough segment of a phase <br />has been opened up to justify it. Topsoil replacement on backslopes <br />should follow in 6 months or less. Past experience indicates that best <br />results are accomp}ished with fall reseeding. <br />Pit backslopes will be finished at 3 to 1 to 10' below the waterline <br />and 2 to 1 from there to the pit floor. Excess overburden, where avail- <br />able, will be used to add sinuosity to the shore line. Topsoil will <br />be replaced on backslopes at a depth of 9 to 15", to the waterline. <br />Reseeding divides into 2 separate programs at a point roughly halfway <br />through phase 2 on an east west line. The SCS reports that from this <br />point south are heavier soils, and roughly from this point north are <br />sandy soils with limited topsoil. The following are the SCS recomm- <br />ended reseeding varieties and rates which the operator proposes to use. <br />~r i~., <br />• <br /> Sandy Soils ~ <br />Fer-• <br /> Species 0/A, PLS <br /> Switchgrass 2.5 y9 5~..~ • C~a <br /> Sideoata grams 4.5 j ~,~ ; ~ j <br /> Total 7.00 <br /> Heavy Soils ~ Sl.y <br />j 9 ~- ,~ ~;,,•'~, <br />J Tall Wheatgrass 11.00 _ <br />~ <br />,~ <br /> Switchgrass 2.50 - 9 J/ ~ <br />//~t~~~ ^^'' <br />'-G/SM ~ ~ ~c~ Total 13.50 <br />~J/Ftt 3,yp Topsoil Stockpiles <br /> Yellow Seeet Clover 7.00 <br />r <br />^r <br />;~ <br />~ ~' / S <br />A straw mulch or "agronomy blanket" should be used to protect the new <br />seeding. <br /> r ~. / /7 <br />~$S l X J~SY/ <br />, <br />K <br />~ c5~ i i <br />or <br /> <br /> J <br />g~~,~/A x ~..s = 7g 3.°9~ Yo. y~ ~~ x n• r --3 ~y, ~ c~ <br />~ L <br />