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Land Use <br />Area (acres) <br />Area Revegetated <br />Reclaimed Rangeland from Mine Areas <br />190.63 <br />190.63 <br />Reclaimed Rangeland from Topsoil Stockpile <br />3.96 <br />3.96 <br />Undisturbed Rangeland <br />41.16 <br />0 <br />Access Road left in place <br />8.32 <br />0 <br />Office /Shop Area left in place for commercial use <br />3.69 <br />0 <br />Total <br />247.76 <br />194.59 <br />RECLAMATION PLAN EXHIBIT E <br />1. General Reclamation Plan <br />The total area of the permit is 247.76 acres. The permit has both a disturbed area (206.60 acres) <br />and an undisturbed area (41.16 acres). Much of the undisturbed areas are perimeter areas of the <br />pit and sediment ponds and the access road. The access road is to be left in place for access to the <br />reclaimed rangeland. The reclaimed land use is shown in Table E -1. <br />Table E -1 Uncompahgre Pit Reclamation Land Use <br />Reclamation will be conducted as new areas are disturbed throughout the year. This will most <br />likely happen in small increments a few times per year, with topsoil, crusher fines, and <br />overburden being placed in the previously excavated areas of the pit. See Map F -1 for details. <br />Once the pit mines out the initial 7 -10 acres, the pit will strip topsoil on 2 -5 acres per year and <br />will place this topsoil directly on regraded mined out areas in back of the pit. In this way, <br />reclamation will be concurrent and the maximum pit exposed area at any one time will be <br />approximately 16 acres. This will also help reduce the exposed land area, which will reduce the <br />reclamation bond and impacts to wildlife. The pit floor will be graded to drain to the northwest. <br />The pit excavation itself will prevent on site stormwater from leaving the site until vegetation is <br />sufficient to control erosion. <br />2. Topsoil Replacement <br />The amount of topsoil proposed to be salvaged and replaced is 312,000 C.Y. as shown in Table <br />D -1. All of the areas will receive topsoil replaced to a thickness of 6 " -18 ", including the existing <br />disturbance. The average is approximately 12 inches. The topsoil from the topsoil stockpile will <br />be used on the remainder of the site that was not concurrently reclaimed and will include areas <br />Uncompahgre Pit, February 2013 E -1 <br />