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R " <br />EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN I q`JO? <br />1 THE OVERALL RECLAMATION PLAN ON THE SMITH PIT #20 AND <br />THE CONVERSION No. 1 WILL BE IN THREE GENERAL STAGES. FIRST, <br />THE EXISTING SMITH PIT, WHICH IS MINED OUT, WILL BE RECLAIMED <br />THIS OCTOBER IF THE MATERIALS STOCKPILE HAS BEEN DEPLETED BY <br />THEN, OTHERWISE THE RECLAMATION WILL PROCEED IN OCTOBER OF 1991. <br />THE SECOND RECLAMATION PHASE WILL FOLLOW THE MINING OPERATION <br />IN THE LOTS 1, 5 & 10 ALL LYING NORTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD # 4. <br />THE THIRD RECLAMATION PHASE WILL FOLLOW MINING IN LOT 11 LYING <br />SOUTH OF THE COUNTY ROAD #4- <br />2. THE POST-MINING USE OF THE LAND WILL RETURN TO THE <br />PRE-MINING USES FOR LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE GRAZING. <br />RECLAMATION WILL PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED <br />RECLAMATION PLAN ON FILE WITH THE MLRD AND WITH THE <br />RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEEDING SELECTIONS BY THE U. S. SOIL <br />CONSERVATION REPORT ALSO ON FILE WITH THE MLRD, AND WITH THE <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS IN BLM PERMIT No. CO-010-FU-88-3 <br />ATTACHED AND MARKED EXHIBIT 0. <br />3 THE MAXIMUM GRADIENT OF THE RECLAIMED <br />3:1 (HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL). ALL GRADING <br />MANNER TO CONTROL EROSION AND SILTATION OF <br />LANDS, AND TO PROTECT THE AREAS OUTSIDE OF <br />FROM SLIDES OR OTHER DAMAGE. ALL HIGHWALLS <br />ELIMINATED. <br />4. THE TOPSOIL OCCURS AT A DEPTH AVERAGE <br />IT WILL BE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. <br />SLOPES WILL BE <br />SHALL BE DONE IN A <br />THE AFFECTED <br />THE AFFECTED LAND <br />SHALL BE <br />OF 6-8 INCHES AND <br />5. SEEDING WILL BE DONE DURING THE.LATE FALL OR EARLY <br />WINTER. THE TOPSOILED AREAS SHALL BE SCARIFIED TO A DEPTH OF <br />4 TO 6 INCHES. <br />6. IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIES <br />US SOIL CONSERVATION REPORT THE <br />ALFALFA FOR A MORE DIVERSE AND <br />GAME ANIMALS. <br />7. IN AREAS OF ONE ACRE,OR <br />BE DRILLED INTO THE SOIL AND <br />SMALLER AREAS THE SEED WILL <br />TWICE THE RECOMMENDED RATE F <br />RAKED INTO THE SOIL.) <br />SELECTION OF THE BLM AND THE <br />OPERATOR SHALL INCLUDE LADAC. <br />BETTER FORAGE BASE FOR BIG <br />MORE, THE SEED MIXTURE WILL <br />HARROWED AFTER APPLICATION. (IN <br />BE BROADCAST ONTO THE SOIL AT <br />OR DRILLED APPLICATION AND THEN <br />8. MULCH WILL BE WHEAT STRAW OF WHICH 50% WILL BE 10 <br />INCHES OR LONGER. THIS WILL BE APPLIED AT THE RATE OF Z TON <br />TO THE ACRE, HELD DOWN BY NETTING OR OTHER SUITABLE METHOD.