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• RECLAMATI®N PLAN EXHIBIT E <br />1. General Reclamation Plan <br />The total disturbed area for this permit consists of the following areas: <br />- 19.75 acres in the main Whirlwind portal area, <br />- 0.99 acres in the Packrat portal area. <br />- 0.76 acres of Packrat access road. <br />- 0.64 acres at two power drop pad areas. <br />- An additional 0.23 acres at each of two ventilation shafts in Colorado. This does not include an <br />- additional 6 ventilation shafts in Grand County, Utah, which will be permitted under Utah <br />regulations. <br />• <br />• <br />This is a total disturbed area in Colorado of 22.60 acres. <br />All disturbed areas will be reclaimed to dry rangeland for wildlife habitat, which is the primary post <br />mining land use. Bat gates will be provided at the main Packrat portal to enhance bat habitat, which is <br />a desire of the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the BLM. Current plans are to backfill the Whirlwind <br />Portal during reclamation; however, a bat gate could also be installed at that portal if requested by the <br />BLM. Map F show the final configuration of the two portal areas. Map C-3 shows cross sections of the <br />Whirlwind site for current mining and reclamation cases and Map C-5 shows the same for the Packrat <br />portal site. <br />As discussed in the mine plan (see Exhibit D), the site will be partially reclaimed as the waste <br />embankment is constructed over the 10-year mine life. Initially, the outer slope of the existing waste <br />pile will be reclaimed, after it is expanded to its northern limit as shown in Cross section A-A' on Map <br />C-3. As the waste embankment of the pile expands to the east, the north face will also be reclaimed <br />concurrently. Topsoil replacement will be performed by dozers spreading the material over the slope, <br />followed by seeding in the fall. The seed mix is presented later in this section. Final reclamation will <br />commence at the end of the mine life of approximately 10 years. <br />Whirlwind Mine 07 (rev. April 08) E-1 <br />