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Exhibit E (Lyons Amendment 002 Reclamation Plan) 1. The "1997 Exhibit E Reclamation Plan; 1997 Exhibit D Mining Plan; and the Conditional Revision Approval Letter, Moffat County, Lyons Pit No. 2, Permit No. M-80- 248, Revision No. CN-01 (March 28, 1991), for Amendment 001 (all of which are attached to Exhibit D Amendment 002) are incorporated into this Exhibit E by reference. The 1997 Reclamation Plan specifies in paragraph 2: "For the existing and amended plans, which total 40.91 acres [39.58 acres corrected] Moffat County will slope the sides of the excavation to a 4 to I (horizontal to vertical) grade, or flatter. They will apply topsoil to the sloped areas to a depth of 10" to 14 ". The topsoil will be seeded with alfalfa, and/or with other dry crop seed of the landowner's choice. Moffat County will be eligible for reclamation release after_ a successful crop harvest. " 2. The post-mining use of the land will be the same as the pre-mining use. That is irrigated, and/or dry land crop use. And, Moffat County will leave a graded and drained access road on the reclaimed property, and/or a small stock water impoundment in the ephemeral drainage, if the landowner requests, otherwise, the total property will be reclaimed according to this plan. 3. There will be no waste-rock dumps, tailing impoundments, underground mine openings or buildings to address. 4. Exhibit F is a final topography plan of the excavation areas, assuming the pits have been fully excavated; that they have been backfilled with excess overburden; and that the land has been graded, sloped, and topsoiled at a ratio of 4:1 (horizontal to vertical). 5. Moffat County will use berms, ditches, settling ponds and other techniques to keep the stormwater drainage from flowing into (or out of) the mining areas. However, the local precipitation, including the snow melt, cannot escape from the excavation pits. If such local stormwater accumulates in the low areas of the pits in a substantial quantity for an extended period of time, Moffat County will notify the landowners and recommend that they file on the water right for beneficial use. 6. Moffat County will use the seed mix formula specified in Exhibit E-2. We will limit our use of this formula to Overburden and Topsoil storage piles, and to stormwater erosion prevention. The primary reclamation seed will be for irrigated and dry land crop agriculture. The best time for seeding is in the spring and fall. 7. This timetable is listed in the Exhibit D Amendment No. 002 Mining Plan: "Currently, there are 19.58 acres of the original Lyons Pit .No. 2 Conversion Permit that are under reclamation now (just west of Amendment No. 001). Moffat