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reclamation is for pond areas. Any surplus topsoil will be incorporated into the pond <br />edge reclamation or may be used by applicant for other farm/ranch reclamation areas. <br />Aggregate materials will be removed via dragline or excavator from just below <br />the stripped topsoil surface and processed or stockpiled in an adjacent prepared <br />operations area of approximately 3 to 4 acres. The size of any operations area would <br />be dependent on the amount of room needed for any production stockpiles for large <br />volume projects. All operations will be within the pond/excavation footprint areas. <br />All excavated areas within the pond footprint will become a pond water surface or < <br />3: I sloped pond edge. The final operations area at the site will be an approximate 3 <br />acre area located between the site gate and the southern end of both ponds. This <br />approximate 3 acre area will be the only area requiring reclamation at the completion <br />of site mining activities. All pond edges and perimeter roads will have been <br />completely reclaimed and constructed by the end of final pond excavation. With a 50 <br />foot wide maximum pond perimeter topsoil stockpile/road "halo" or "buffer" area, a <br />total of 9.80 acres will have been concurrently reclaimed. <br />It is anticipated that there will be some Iimited disturbance just beyond the pond <br />footprint perimeter areas. This additional disturbed area will be approximately 25 to <br />50 feet wide (max) and will be the area where topsoil will be temporally stockpiled <br />and also where a perimeter road will be installed as part of concurrent pond edge <br />reclamation. The 2 ponds will be separated by a 50 to 100 foot wide unexcavated strip <br />of original pasture area and a road will be located along the strip between the 2 ponds <br />connecting up with the perimeter roads. <br />The perimeter roads may be from 25 to 100 feet in distance from the east and west <br />fences as they will follow the reclaimed pond edges. All concurrently reclaimed and <br />other disturbed areas between the pond, on pond edges and adjacent perimeter roads <br />will be seeded annually with the DRM&S grass seed mix. Landowner/applicant will <br />include some other trees/shrubs, wetland and riparian vegetation varieties in the <br />reclamation areas below road and to the water surface edges in order to establish <br />more diverse habitat. <br />Reject material may be used along with the topsoil cover to slope the pond edges <br />and provide an irregular shoreline and shallow water areas. After re -sloping the pond <br />edge areas and topsoil placement, the perimeter road on each pond will be extended <br />along the top/above the pond edge. Pond footprint areas that will be used for material <br />processing and stockpiles will have topsoil stripped and stockpiled on excavation <br />perimeters. These areas will eventually be excavated and developed to water surfaces <br />as the pond water surface expands to planned pond(s) area limits. <br />WestWater Engineering APPENDIX C - 4 July 2012 <br />