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Received' <br />MAR 0 7 2006 <br />6.4.5 EXHIBIT E -Reclamation Plan <br />Grand Junction Field Offico' <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />The pit excavation will leave few slopes if the pit is mined to daylight on the south, east <br />and west edges on the rig top. These slopes will be no steeper than 3h:1v on advance. <br />Mining of construction materials has occurred at this pit in the past. Approximately 3 <br />acres has been disturbed. The Applicant will reclaim the existing disturbance <br />concurrently with the new disturbance. Acreage numbers outlined below include the <br />existing disturbance. <br />The mining operations will expose a maximum advancing face approximately 350 feet <br />wide and a pit floor area of 10 acres. Topsoil will be stripped from the advancing face <br />and placed along the west side of the pit. Final reclamation will involve the re-handling <br />of the topsoil which was stockpiled along the west side of the pit and placing that topsoil <br />on approximately 12.0 acres. The 12.0 acres to be reclaimed includes the pit access <br />road. <br />Reclamation will be delayed unit excavation of the entire pit is complete. <br />The permit boundary includes 18.4 acres, more or less. Of the total acres included <br />within the permit boundary, only 12.0 acres will be disturbed. <br />The proposed post-mining land use for the reclaimed area is rangeland and wildlife <br />habitat. This land use conforms to the surrounding rugged terrain. <br />Prior to mining, available topsoil, 3 to 12 inches, will be stripped from the area to be <br />disturbed and stockpiled along the west edge of the pit. Soil horizons, if any, will not be <br />segregated. As a stabilization measure, any topsoil which is to be stockpiled longer than <br />about one growing season will be broadcast seeded with a perennial sod-forming grass <br />cover such as Western Wheatgrass at a typical rate of 20 pounds of pure live seed per <br />acre. Topsoil salvaged during operations will be used for replacement on disturbed <br />areas. <br />Final slopes along the north, east and west pit boundaries will range from 10h:1v to <br />3h:1 v. The pit floor will gently slope to the south. <br />The pit floor will be ripped a minimum of one foot deep or one foot of loose material will <br />be left in place over bedrock prior to replacement of topsoil. Prior to re-seeding, any <br />compacted areas will first be scarified. The disturbed areas will then be seeded with the <br />mixture recommended by the SCS appearing below: <br />3/7/06 <br />