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As the operation proceeds, fines from the processing plant will be used to provide a substitute topsoil on <br /> all previously disturbed and unreclaimed areas. This amount will be an average 4.5". When virgin areas <br /> are mined,all topsoil will be stripped and either immediately replaced on the previous cuts in reclamation <br /> or will be stored in topsoil stockpiles which will be immediately stabilized with vegetation and will later <br /> be used in reclamation of the site. <br /> At the end of the mining life,the following equipment will be dismantled and hauled off site: <br /> • all fuel tanks <br /> • west portion of shop/office building <br /> • piping,portable conveyors,pumps, etc. <br /> • camp trailers <br /> • portable plants <br /> • pump house <br /> The power poles will remain for the post-mining land use. The smoothing of the final cut lake, the <br /> sediment pond area and the processing area will then take place, and all remaining disturbed areas will <br /> be topsoiled. <br /> It is expected that the following acreage will require smoothing at the end of the mine life: <br /> • 8.5 acres of processing area (Assume 15,000 cy) <br /> • 5.5 acres around final pit lake (Assume 26,000 cy) <br /> • 1.5 acres miscellaneous disturbance in tank storage area, etc. (Assume 4,000 cy) <br /> • 2.5 acres around Pond#2 area and fill Pond#2 (5,800 cy) <br /> • 600 linear feet of 8'high berm along Highway 9, spread over 2.0 acres, (2,840 cy) <br /> Total area to be smoothed or graded: 20.0 acres. The total volume to be moved in smoothing (grading) <br /> is 53,640 cy. <br /> It is expected that all of the area smoothed will be topsoiled in addition to the camp area of 3.4 acres, <br /> therefore,the total to be topsoiled is 23.4 acres. This acreage is also the total to be seeded and mulched <br /> at the end of the mine life. <br /> The spreading of fines will occur from the existing fines piles, located near the processing plant area. A <br /> Alma Place Mine 01/15 44 <br />