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EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />1. General Reclamation Plan <br />The total disturbed area to be reclaimed under this permit is 30.48 acres (Phase 1 - 5.54 <br />acres, Phase 2 - 5.54 acres and Phase 3 - 5.54 acres -16.62 acres). The post-mining land <br />use will be Lake Surface and dry rangeland in the areas above the wetlands. As mining is <br />being completed and reclamation is beginning on each phase, mining on the next phase <br />will commence. This will be the only point at which operations will be occurring in more <br />then one phase at the same time. <br />As described in the mining plan, reclamation will occur concurrently with the mining. All <br />mine slopes of 2:1 will be backfilled to 3:1 or less. Overburden from the current mining <br />areas will be evenly spread over the disturbed area that will serve as the lake bottom. <br />Topsoil will be replaced on all graded areas except those areas that are 5 feet or more <br />below the expected water level. By reclaiming concurrently with the mining the distance <br />the overburden and topsoil will have to be transported will be minimized as will the area <br />of disturbance. Any compacted overburden will need to be ripped before the stockpiled <br />topsoil can be spread to a 6 inch depth. The site should then be tilled and firmed to <br />prepare a suitable seedbed. <br />There are no foundations or other structures which will be required to be removed with <br />the reclamation process, so the only tasks will involve backfilling slopes, regrading, <br />topsoiling, and seeding of the disturbed areas. <br />Map F (Sheets 2, 4 and 5) show all the final contour and reclamation planned for the site. <br />The access road will be left intact so that the landowner has access to the reclaimed areas. <br />The reclaimed area will be Lake Surface with the areas above the lake returned to <br />rangeland with an Agriculture zoning. <br />2. Reveaetation Plan <br />The proposed site is located in an area having around 13 inches of annual precipitation. <br />Timing to replant the site is critical to vegetation establishment success. Seeding of the <br />site will be done in the fall (October 15a' or later) prior to the soil freezing. The seed will <br />be drilled with a grass drill having double disk openers and packer wheels. Drilling will <br />be performed following the contour, avoiding drilling up and down the slopes, which <br />would increase the risk or erosion. The planting depth should be approximately % inch. If <br />the seed is broadcast instead of drilled, the seed rate must be doubled. If broadcast, the <br />area needs to be harrowed or dragged after the seed is spread to incorporate the seed into <br />the soil. Mulching the site is recommended with clean, weed free straw at 3,000 pounds <br />of air dry mulch per acre. The mulch must be properly crimped into the soil with a disc or <br />mulch crimper. <br />14