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replacement at the end of mine life. The locations and size of these stockpiles can be seen on Map 2.05.4- <br />9. Additionally, these stockpiles are listed in Table 2.05.4(2)(dL -2. <br />9.0 General Topsoil Handling & Placement Procedures Prior to February 2008 <br />The mine was initially started in a box cut in the southeast corner of the permit area. Mixed Lift Topsoil and <br />Lift A topsoil was placed in Stockpiles C, D, E and H as shown on Map 2.05.4 -9. Additional stockpiles were <br />created as the mine advanced. Once these stockpiles were created, almost all additional topsoil was <br />excavated and directly placed on regraded spoil behind the active pit. <br />Prior to February 2008, some topsoil was stripped and replaced on the reclaimed area in a single lift and <br />other areas (the majority) was stripped in 2 lifts and replaced in 2 lifts. A minimum of three feet of Bench <br />1 material was placed beneath the topsoil. Map 2.05.4 -4 shows the actual topsoil material replacement <br />thicknesses for the permit area. All of the area east of 2700 Road was re- topsoiled prior to February 2008. <br />The February 2008 date is important since the topsoil on the eastern portion of the Morgan property was <br />stripped in a single lift up to that date and it was omly at that firme that the NR6S determined that the <br />Also, WFC had stripped a small area for Pond 013 in the northwest corner of the permit area, where 98A <br />soil was present. This topsoil was also ruled to be prime farmland soil by the NRCS, and had to be handled <br />accordingly. The topsoil was stripped in a mixed lift and was placed in Stockpiles 3 and 4 totaling 14,730 <br />etibic yard-s—, <br />It was decoded at that time by the Division that an inimediate reV S on to the topsoil handling procedures <br />was needed to address the requirements for prime farniland soil handling. eonsiderable time was spent <br />by the Bivision, NR6S, the landowner and VVF6 in determining what procedures were needed for topsoil <br />handlimg and what the final reelaniatiom of these fields would be—. <br />Techn ca' Revision 5:7 was submitted to the Division in April of 2008 and after extensive adequacy re--' <br />August 2013 (PR -08) 2.05.4(2)(d) -21 <br />