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<br />EXHIBIT "E" <br />ROUGH CUT PIT <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />6.45 Exhibit (E) Reclamation Plan <br />(1) The Operator/Applicant will reclaim this mine site back to rangeland. No trees, shrubs or <br />bushy-type vegetation will be planted, only the appropriate grasses selected by the NRCS will be <br />used. The saved topsoil (please see Mining Map Exhibit C for locations) will be spread over all the <br />dishtrbed areas and prepared for seeding according to the NRCS recommendations. Topsoil will be <br />replaced at 6" - 9". <br />(2) The entire affected azea will be reclaimed as rangeland. This use was selected by the landowners <br />as being consistent with the other acreage they own adjacent to the affected area. The landowners <br />do not want the access/haul road reclaimed, as it will provide ingress and egress to the balance of <br />their acreage, and will allow for cattle feeding and round-up. <br />(a) Earthmoving in reclamation will be simple and typical of this type deposit. Mining will <br />leave a level pit floor with some differential contours to facilitate revege[ation and to conform more <br />closely to the surrounding topography This site is presently in the Otero County Agricultural Zone <br />District, and final reclamation will not change or affect this use. However, a Conditional Use Permit <br />will be necessary to mine this deposit. <br />(b) Post mining land use as rangeland is consistent with the land use in the vicinity. <br />(c) A description of how the Reclamation Plan will be implemented to meet each applicable <br />requirement of Section 3.1, Reclamation Performance Standards. <br />3.1.1 Establishing Post-Mining Use <br />(1) The Operator/Applicant, in consultation with the Landowners, have decided [o reclaim the <br />affected area back to rangeland for a commercial cattle operation. <br />(2) The results of this application, of which this is a part, and all of the decisions formulated into it, <br />constitute what the applicant believes is an appropriate and workable Reclamation Plan. <br />3.1.2 Reclaiming Substituted Land. <br />Reclaiming substitute land is not a consideration of this operation. <br />