2009-02-26_PERMIT FILE - M2009018 (7)

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Exhibit E - Reclamation Plan Table I-1: Soil Volumes. Timing and use of soil is detailed further under Exhibit I & J - Soils and Vegetation Information and Exhibit L - Reclamation Costs. Where compacted lands requiring revegetation exist, those locations will be ripped prior to re-soil application. There are no known areas of compaction at the time of this application which would require such activity; and ripping remains a contingency of the application. The final land configuration results in three reservoir basins totaling 105.44± surface acres (refer to Exhibit F: Reclamation Map). The balance of unoccupied affected lands remaining above the anticipated final water level will be stabilized where necessary utilizing the seed mixture under Exhibit L - Table L-1: Primary/Preferred Re-vegetation Seed Mixture and Costs. Lands not otherwise occupied will be later developed to the highest possible end-use, and will likely comprise mixed agricultural, light residential, commercial or industrial uses. An optional seed mixture is provided under Exhibit L - Table L-2: Optional/Default Revegetation Seed Mixture and Costs. This optional mixture provides for the use of other genetic potential and species combinations under failed conditions consistent with the seed mixture utilized over the pre-disturbed lands. A wheatxwheatgrass sterile hybrid will be combined with either applied mixture as a substitute for the use of mulch to aid establishment of newly seeded areas. All affected lands remaining above the anticipated final water level of the ponds, and not otherwise occupied by existing or planned mixed uses, will be re-vegetated with the approved seed mixture(s) for general agriculture. Since the existing pasture comprised predominantly of introduced species is being replaced with native grasses, the target for release of revegetated lands is based upon the establishment of a stabilizing cover of predominantly native vegetation whose foliar umbrella equals or exceeds 25 percent of the total area of the ground as measured one inch above the native soil on a square meter basis for typical areas of reclaimed cover achieved within five years subsequent to the completion of all extraction activities. Mixed use(s), other than general agriculture will occur and may include, but are not limited to: the retention of existing structures as desired (e.g., concrete batch plant, asphalt batch plants, recycling facilities and related structures, shop, scale- house/office; and supporting facilities such as fuel depots, parking areas, oil and gas facilities access, etc.) for continued industrial - commercial uses; the creation of unforeseen future structures, and for the use and development of on-site water Varra Companies, Inc. Heintzelman Project RMS 112 Permit Application 3 2 February 2008