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EXHIBIT E <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> This project Reclamation Plan is submitted as part of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br /> Geology (DMG), Regular (112) Operation Reclamation Permit Application Exhibit E. Appropriate <br /> reclamation drawings are provided in Exhibit F. <br /> E-1 INTRODUCTION <br /> AmerAlia is committed to reclaiming all lands disturbed as a result of the activities described in the <br /> mine plan for the Rock School Sodium Lease Experimental Project (project). The project is an <br /> experimental pilot plant subject to termination or to refinement and process expansion, if <br /> commercially feasible. Therefore, this Reclamation Plan (Plan) will be implemented if the project is <br /> terminated at the end of the initial pilot plant phase. If the project is refined and expanded, an <br /> amendment to the reclamation permit will be submitted to the DMG. <br /> The Rock School Sodium Lease consists of public lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land <br /> Management (BLM). The current land use has primary emphasis on livestock range and wildlife <br /> habitat with secondary emphasis on recreation and mineral development. AmerAlia will be required <br /> to reclaim the disturbed lands in accordance with the BLM's goal to return the disturbed lands back <br /> to these current land uses. <br /> Reclamation is composed of several related activities with the end goals of, 1) reducing both short- <br /> term and long-term impacts to surface land use, and 2) achieving full bond recovery. These <br /> activities in the order in which they will be implemented for the project are: <br /> • design each facility component to serve its intended function in the overall process of sodium <br /> bicarbonate recovery so as to minimize adverse impacts and the amount of disturbed surface <br /> area; <br /> • survey and prominently mark the outer limits of the disturbed areas needed for each facility <br /> component; <br /> • install erosion control measures where necessary before any surface disturbance takes place; <br /> • remove and properly handle vegetation; <br /> • salvage, stockpile, sign, and protect topsoil — generally segregated according to soil mapping <br /> unit and place of salvage; <br /> • stockpile topsoil up-gradient/slope whenever possible; <br /> G:\LMV%A78545.002\Reclamation\ReGamexh.DOC E-1 <br />