1977-06-17_PERMIT FILE - M1977493

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EXHIBIT E : Reclamation Plan First Plan : i. Final grading will be set at a 2 :1 ratio as a maximum and an average of 3 :1. ii. Topsoil will not be replaced since the affected lands will be covered by tailings in approximately twenty years . iii. Seeding will consist of the Climax mixture (see Table E-1) and will be applied at the rate of 30-40 lbs/a. Depending on the completion of the mining operation, seeding will occur in late summer or late spring. iv. Approximately 200 lbs/acre of P2O fertilizer and 200 lbs/ acre of ammonium nitrate fertilizer will be applied to the affected lands . V. No trees or shrubs will be planted since the affected lands are scheduled to be covered by tailing in approximately twenty years . vi. In approximately twenty years , the affected land will be inundated by tailing water and tailing. Tailing deposi- tion will continue until approximately the year 2010 , at which time the tailing pond surface will be rock faced with Open Pit waste material at a depth of approximately three feet for stabilization purposes . Portions of the rock faced pond will then be covered with topsoil or some other appro- priate growth medium materials and then planted with lodge- pole pine trees and high altitude shrubs , fertilized at 60 lbs/acre N from ammonium nitrate , seeded (see table E-1) with the Climax seed mixture at 30 lbs/acres and mulched. The remaining portions of the rock faced pond will also be fertilized ( 60 lbs/acre N from ammonium nitrate and 200 lbs/ acre P2O5) , seeded with the Climax seed mix at 30-50 lbs/ acre and mulched. (Open Pit waste material has sufficient fines for vegetation growth) . Table E-1 Species Strain % by weight Hard Fescue Durar 8 Creeping Red Fescue Pennlawn 8 Orchard Grass Potomic 5 Creeping Foxtail Garrison 10 Timothy Climax 5 Red Top V.N.S . 3 Smooth Brome Manchar 17 Kentucky Bluegrass Newport 3 White Dutch Clover 10 Balbo Rye 23 Cicer Milkvetch 8