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EXHIBIT "E" <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />6.4.5 The Reclamation Plan for the Bettger Pit and Reclamation Plan Map, Exhibit F): <br />(1) In preparing the Reclamation Plan: <br />The Reclamation Plan addresses the following items; final grading, reclaimed <br />area drainage, seeding, soil amendments, topsoil replacement, soil stabilization, <br />and seedbed preparation. To fully understand the Reclamation Plan, the <br />following Plan and referenced Reclamation Plan Map should be reviewed <br />together. <br />(2) The Reclamation Plan shall include provision for, or satisfactory explanation <br />of the general requirements for the type of reclamation proposed: <br />(a) A description of the types of reclamation proposed to be achieved in <br />the reclamation of the affected land and why chosen, the amount of acreage <br />accorded to each, and a general discussion of the methods of reclamation as <br />related to the mechanics of earthmoving: <br />The expansion area shall be reclaimed to rangeland and recreation. If requested <br />by the landowner, the access roads will be left for their post mining land use. The <br />reclamation goal is a continuation of the approved reclamation plan for the <br />existing Bettger Pit. The total acres in the expansion area reclaimed to rangeland <br />and recreation will be 21.3 acres. <br />The expansion area extraction and reclamation is similar to a strip mining <br />operation. A proposed cut will be stripped of topsoil. The topsoil will be either <br />stockpiled or directly hauled to the previous cut for placement on replaced and <br />graded overburden. Next, the underlying overburden will be excavated and <br />replaced in the previous cut and regraded to approximate original contour. The <br />regraded area is disked to eliminate compaction and a surface not prone to <br />slippage when topsoil is replaced. The topsoil is disked and worked to produce an <br />acceptable seedbed. The newly replaced topsoil is seeded, appropriate soil <br />amendments added and mulched. This process will be used in each succeeding <br />cut. A cut may receive backfill from the Hogue River Pit as needed and topsoil <br />from adjacent topsoil stockpiles. It is estimated 133,000 bcyds of backfill will be <br />needed from the Hogue River Pit for backfill. Approximately 187,664 bcyds of <br />overburden and mining waste from the screening and washing operations in the <br />Hogue River Pit will be generated. This amount should be sufficient to meet the <br />needs of Bettger Pit backfilling reclamation requirements. <br />13