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EXHIBIT L - Reclamation Cost <br />As stated above in Exhibit D-(d Mining Plan - Description of Methods, The size <br />of any operations area would be dependent on the amount of room needed for any <br />production stockpiles for large volume projects. All operations will be within the <br />pond/excavation footprint areas. All excavated areas within the pond footprint will <br />become a pond water surface or part of the < 3:1 sloped pond edge. The final <br />operations area at the site will be an approximate 3 acre area, located between <br />the site gate and the southern end of both ponds. This approximate 3 acre area <br />will be the only area requiring reclamation at the completion of site mining <br />activities. All pond edges and perimeter roads will have been completely <br />reclaimed and constructed by the end of final pond excavation. With a 50 foot <br />wide maximum pond perimeter topsoil stockpile/road "halo" or "buffer" area, a total <br />of 9.80 acres will have been concurrently reclaimed. All of the concurrently <br />reclaimed and other disturbed areas between the pond, on pond edges and adjacent <br />perimeter roads will be graded have topsoil replaced and seeded annually at a <br />minimum with the approved DRM&S grass seed mix.(wetland and riparian varieties <br />will be added etc... ) <br />It is anticipated that there will be some pond edges still requiring <br />reclamation along the south ends of either or both ponds at the time that the <br />equipment operations area shifts off the last areas of pond(s) limits to the "final <br />set-up" area by the south fence and gate. The final operations area within the pond <br />footprint(s) could then be mined to the planned pond(s) limits. Leaving only the final <br />remnant shoreline edges and the "off pond" final equipment operations area to <br />reclaim reclaim. <br />A remnant 750 to 1000 feet of pond shoreline edges within the maximum 50 foot <br />wide perimeter buffer/topsoil/stockpile/road area (along/above the final) would <br />amount to an additional .75 to 1.0 acre requiring final sloping topsoil placement and <br />seeding. The perimeter road would then be finished-out and other trees/shrubs, <br />wetland and riparian vegetation varieties will be added as in prior concurrent <br />reclamation by the landowner/applicant in order to establish more diverse habitat. <br />The final 3 acre operations area would then be ripped, graded and have topsoil <br />replaced to at least 8 inches thick and seeded with the mixed pasture grass seed mix. <br />With concurrent pond edge reclamation during the project (with minimum <br />annual sloping, topsoil replacement and seeding) the total area at the site <br />requiring final reclamation activities will be approximately 4.0 acres.