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<br />never be disturbed in any fashion. However, those areas within this added acreage which are <br />• disturbed will be reclaimed to Rangeland (RL) as open forest. The exception would be areas <br />disturbed by water treatment facilities and water storage facilities. These areas would be <br />considered Industrial/Commercial (IC) and Developed Water Resources (WR) respectively. <br />CMC believes that a site as large and complex as Climax can and should accommodate multiple <br />post-mining land uses. <br />3.3 Site Reclamation <br />As discussed in Section 3.2, most of this additional acreage is proposed for inclusion as buffer <br />and will never be disturbed. However, those areas that are disturbed will be reclaimed according <br />to the same measures and specifications detailed in the original Permit (Section 10) and in the <br />1989 Amendment (Exhibit D and Exhibit E; pages E-2 - E-6). <br />As referenced, areas disturbed but not utilized for some component of the facility will be <br />contour graded, topsoiled to a minimum depth of 6 inches where topsoil is available, fertilized <br />with the present fertilizer and application rate used at other similar areas within the Climax <br />complex, and seeded with the existing Climax (aka: "Climax") high-altitude seed mix at the <br />existing rate. This seed mixture has been developed over the past 20 years for the Climax site and <br />has proven highly successful. Previous reclamation activities at Climax used the same general <br />seed mix and rate of application. Climax revisits this reclamation methodology on a regular basis <br />. and may desire to implement changes in the future. Should such changes be determined, they will <br />be addressed in a formal TR at a later date. <br />Where portions of this additional acreage are to be disturbed, topsoil will be removed and <br />stockpiled as per Rule 3.1.9 of the Mineral Rules and Regulations. Reclamation of disturbed <br />areas within the proposed addition will follow the performance standards in Rule 3. <br />3.4 Site Reclamation Costs (Exhibit L Information) <br />Although, as discussed previously, only a few of the 1054 additional acres are expected to be <br />disturbed, the proposed additional financial warranty as calculated herein is based upon the entire <br />1054 acres being disturbed and reclaimed. Since disturbances of any portion of the proposed <br />additional acreage probably would be similar to the small, variable, ancillary disturbed sites <br />described in the 1989 Amendment (Exhibit D; Map ID Areas "C"), the proposed additional <br />financial warranty has been calculated using data generated for these 28 sites. <br />8