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Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan <br />Also refer to Exhibit F: Reclamation Plan Map. <br />Overview <br />This site will be returned to wildlife habitat upon completion of reclamation. The <br />reclamation plan has been designed to minimize long-term impacts to habitat by using <br />native species in revegetation. The use of native plants will afford wildlife a food and <br />cover source similar to pre-mining conditions. This will offer wildlife the same type and <br />quality of forage that they currently find in the area. <br />Reclamation Process <br />Reclamation activities will be concurrent with mining to the maximum extent possible. <br />Grading, topsoiling and planting will commence as soon as disturbances to an area are <br />complete and the season is appropriate for such activities. <br />Topsoil Segregation, Preservation and ReQacement <br />Topsoil will be salvaged to the extent possible. Because of the presence of steep slopes <br />and rock outcrops, however, it will not be possible to salvage topsoil from all areas. <br />When salvageable, topsoil will stockpiled within the permit area and clearly marked. <br />Topsoil stockpiles may be located in the processing plant area, quarry floor, or on mine <br />benches. Stockpiled topsoil will be seeded with a rapid establishing perennial grass <br />during the first appropriate growing season following stockpiling. <br />The amount of salvageable topsoil in the area is limited. Therefore, the fines material <br />from the processing plant will be used in the reconstruction of an acceptable plant <br />growth medium, and topsoil amendments will be brought in from off site, if necessary. <br />The fines will be subject to physical and chemical soil analyses to determine if they are <br />appropriate as a constituent in the soil mix. <br />Fines from the processing plant will be replaced directly over the unconsolidated rock <br />created during the blasting and grading phases. Fines will be replaced to a minimum <br />depth of 2 feet depending upon the amount of fines that will be produced. After the <br />fines are placed, they will be treated with Inorganic and organic amendments. Following <br />amendment application, the treated areas will be scarified to incorporate the <br />Clear Creek District Water Providers, LLC October 25, 2004 <br />MMRR Quarry 12 03047 <br />0027