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Benson Brothers Pig Mesa Pit <br />DMG 112 Application <br />Exhibit E- Reclamation Plan <br />The azea to be mined is considered one single phase. It is the operator's intention to perform <br />reclamation of the site concurrently with mining of the site, as much as possible. Mining operations <br />will leave a lazge, gently sloped area above the Tongue Creek Valley intended for residential <br />subdivision. There is very little existing vegetation on the site <br />a) The site is currently classified as undeveloped Clayey Salt Desert with very little vegetation at <br />the edge of a mesa. The reclamation chosen is for residential subdivision due to the lack of <br />existing vegetation and the proximity to developing residential azeas across the small Tongue <br />Creek Valley to the east. Eartlunoving activities at the site will leave a large gently sloped azea <br />elevated above the valley that is suitable for development of home sites. Until documentation <br />for an approved subdivision is obtained from the county, the operator will follow the alternate <br />reclamation plan of re-vegetating the site to a desert rangeland condition similar the pre-mining <br />condition. <br />b) The post mining land use of residential subdivision is compatible with many properties to the <br />east of the Tongue Creek Valley and the northeast comer of the property borders the <br />incorporated Orchazd City Boundary. Approval by the Boazd of Delta County Commissioners <br />for Specific Development Permit No. SD04-009 for a gravel pit with future land use as <br />residential subdivision constitutes reasonable assurance of this land use. A copy of the <br />resolution of the Board of County Commissioners is included in this application. The alternate <br />plan of revegetation will leave the land compatible with immediately adjacent land. <br />c) Description for meeting the requirements of Section 3.1. <br />3.1.1 The post mining land use was determined according to the wishes of the owners and <br />consultations with the Delta County Planning Commission and the Boazd of County <br />Commissioners. The alternate land use as desert rangeland was chosen at the request of <br />DMG staff. <br />3.1.2 We aze not reclaiming substituted land. <br />3.1.3 Reclamation will be completed in a timely manner and final reclamation will be <br />completed within five yeazs of completion of mining. <br />3.1.4 No public use of the land will be permitted. <br />3.1.5 Grading will create stable 3:1 slopes azound the perimeter of the affected land and <br />gently sloping interior floor suitable for home site development or desert rangeland. <br />Backfilling will be done with materials from the site and compacted by the equipment <br />used to do the backfilling. <br />All grading on site will occur on neazly flat slopes except the high-walls, which will be <br />performed at times when erosion due to weather conditions will be minimized. No <br />high-walls steeper than 3:1 will remain after reclamation. <br />Backfilling and grading will be performed as soon as practical after mining so that no <br />more than ] 8 acres of un-reclaimed disturbance is present at any one time. <br />There will be no acid-forming or toxic materials mined on this site. Any refuse will be <br />properly disposed of. <br />There will be no drill or auger holes or shafts on this site. <br />Slope combinations proposed for this site are similar and compatible with surrounding <br />conditions and land use. There will be no ponds left on site as part of the reclamation <br />plan. <br />The proposed reclamation is not for agricultural or horticultural crops. <br />We do not intend to backfill inert material from outside the permit azea at this time. <br />