2008-07-10_REVISION - M1978143 (4)

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Exhibit E RECLAMATION PLAN There are no plans at this time to change the future use of the mined areas. The following amendment to the Reclamation Plan is numbered sequentially for the purposed described in the Mining Plan text. Currently the post.mining land use is indus- trial/commercial and the new area will have the same designation. The approved reclamation plans, including slope resoiling, revegetation methods and species, will remain unchanged on the existing permit areas. We will use the revegetation and resoil- ing methods approved in the original conversion and amendment, on the new area. The exception is that the floor in the old area will not be resoiled. Review of the new Reclamation Plan map shows how the entire permit area will be reclaimed. Note: that only the newly added area is colored to avoid confusion in the future when working with this map. In the existing permit area the slopes along the west and north sides were to be graded no more that 2:1 to create more level area. The new area slopes will be graded no more than 2:1 from the existing surface level to the mine floor on the north and east sides. Once mining has moved into the new area we will request a release for a portion of the existing mine area so the landowners can develop it for their needs. AMENDMENT 3 - Resoiling Plan. During the 1993 adequacy review process the County commit- ted to placing 6 inches of soil on the existing mine floor area and on the slopes. There was no topsoil available at that time on the mined area, but a commitment was made to haul soil in for use in reclamation. The current land owners are using part of the existing mine area to store logs they intend to convert to stove pellets. They have requested that no soil be placed on the old mine floor area since it would only create a muddy mess and is not compatible with their intended final use. Since the existing final reclama- tion is commercial/industrial, resoiling of the floor area would be inconsistent with the end use. See the memorandum of Under- standing between Grand County and Confluence Energy on Page 29. The soils and vegetation on the new area are described in Exhibit I/J(1993) is adequate to cover the new area so the only revision was to add a new Soils Map. Please refer to the previ- ously submitted soils and vegetation information. The soil and overburden cover on the new area is just as sparse as what was encountered in the old permit area. It varies from 0 to 3 inches with very little on the gravel escarpment (south face). We will salvage what growth medium is present to use on the site for revegetation. There is currently a stockpile of growth medium on the existing mine area that is adequate to resoil any newly created slopes with 6± inches. None of the new floor area will be resoiled for the same reasons discussed above. Bedrock is not reached when mining reached the final floor elevation. This means that the floor will have a gravely strata that will be ideal for development and 6 (revised 7/9/08)