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RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT E <br /> [Rules&Regs§6.4.51 <br /> CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PERMIT N2 M 2001-.......... <br /> REGULAR 112 OPERATION <br /> "WEIMER ONE GRAVEL" <br /> January 2001 <br /> [21 a.) Eventual reclamation for the entire site shall be restoration of the resulting <br /> lowered and extended bench surface to non-irrigated range-land pasture, and retention of the <br /> constructed water storage and settlement ponds as farm irrigation ponds. The scant topsoil <br /> salvaged prior to excavation shall be utilized for topsoiling only the sloped areas of the pit <br /> headwalls, since topsoil is so scarce and sloped areas are most vulnerable to erosion and re- <br /> vegetation difficulties. Range grass re-vegetation of the finish-graded pit floor and headwall <br /> slopes at the west, south, and east boundaries of the excavation shall conclude the <br /> reclamation performed at the site. This is to resume the traditional use of the entire 43-acre <br /> site for cattle grazing as part of the Weimer Ranch. <br /> b.) The primary and traditional land use in the vicinity is dry-range livestock grazing. <br /> Some irrigated agriculture occurs in lower lands to the north. Another traditional land use in <br /> the area is mining both for surface alluvial gravels and for subsurface coal. Limited <br /> underground uranium and vanadium mining have also occurred in the region. The chosen <br /> rangeland grazing reclamation goal is consistent with the primary goal for other open-pit <br /> mining operations, and with state and county planning goals. <br /> c.) SECTION 3.1.1 COMPLIANCE <br /> (3.1.1(1)) Post-Mining Use: Rangeland Pasture <br /> (3.1.3) Reclamation Phasing: <br /> 1) Headwall Slope Reduction--- onpoin�, as excavation is omplete �[1d <br /> tl\ 1 ) Z!) IS I"()iri'. l Y till l(_I i' From <br /> ilverhurirn is ts. SIkUI sllnt50hnc from <br /> 111 <br /> � uuo :arras <br /> mining areas <br /> 2)Overburden Disposal --- prior to each phase, either to pit floor, <br /> headwall backfill, or depression embankment. <br /> 3) Finish-grading, reclamation topsoiling, rip-loosening, reseeding, <br /> mulching—all delayed until closing of the mine. <br /> (3.1.5) Materials Handling: <br /> 1) Headwall slope-reduction: 2-horizontal to I-vertical finished slopes <br /> 2) Backfilled headwall slopes, and flat pit floor <br /> 3) Graded to slope to north "daylighted"excavation edge <br /> 4) Headwall backfilling/rough-grading with overburden is to be on-going <br /> with overburden stripping. Pre-existing overburden stockpiles to be <br /> transferred to worked-out pit floor prior to excavation. <br /> 7) Finished 2:1 headwall slopes are consistent with existing slopes of the <br /> mesa which contains the site and the regional airport; particularly the <br /> slope facing south to Naturita and the San Miguel River Canyon, but <br /> 15 <br />