2012-03-30_REVISION - M1987013 (3)

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6.4.5 (Reclamation Plan) (d) Where applicable, the operator /applicant has plans developed for the segregation, preservation, replacement, compaction and grading of soil used for revegetation. The revegetation plan will contain a list of the preferred species of grasses to be planted as recommended in the existing permit file M- 1987 -013. All seeds recommended should be available and in sufficient quantity to accomplish the revegetation. Seedbed preparation has been covered in Section 3.1 of this application (See 3.1.10(5) ). (e) The schedule of reclamation will follow the mining phasing, and the operator would expect to start reclamation as soon as feasible after mining has been completed. The final grading also will be done when mining is complete. Some backsloping, daylighting and contouring will be done as mining progresses. (i This estimate of the time for reclamation follows: Start times of reclamation are dependent on the length of time of the mining. Therefore the active mining will be 7 to 10 years, however some grading and contouring will take place as mining progresses. Final reclamation will be started when the mining is finished. (ii) The largest area that will be considered in reclamation at any time will be approximately 13.44 Acres. Refer to the locations on the reclamation plan map in Exhibit "F." (f) Measures that will be taken to re- vegetate the site: (i) The applicant/operator will continue to follow the seeding rates and recommendations submitted in the original permit. They where recommended and submitted by John F. Nelson Soil Conservationist in cooperation with the Rio Grande Soil Conservation District dated September 5, 1986. Side slopes will be graded to a maximum 3H: 1V, the exception will be in the areas that a highwall remains due to the operators inability to reduce the rock mass and knows that the rock mass is geologically stable. The pit floor will be graded, smoothed, and topsoiled.