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for stormwater control and to be able to dewater from one pond area to the other to <br />assist in the mining operations. Stormwater/sediment pond/trenches will initially be <br />dug in each pond footprint (on approximate northern ends of ponds). They can either <br />be expanded into the mining/operations area as aggregate is removed and the pond <br />water surface develops or be kept separated from the main excavation pit areas to be <br />used as sedimentation ponds for that specific pond. Once established, each pond can <br />also be used to receive pumped water from the other, as operations dictate, to assist in <br />mine pit dewatering activities. Concurrent reclamation is planned for all the pond <br />edges as each excavation/pond footprint area is developed over time. <br />All reclamation at the site will be concurrent with mining and any and all existing <br />topsoil and/or usable cover soils will be stripped as necessary, when encountered, <br />as mining activities progress. Temporary topsoil/cover soil stockpiles will be kept <br />adjacent to pond perimeters or current active operations areas within the pond <br />footprint limits. Re-grading/sloping and seeding will be annual or as soon as <br />possible following cover soil/topsoil placement, depending on seasonal planting <br />schedules. <br />The operations and stockpiling area at the gate will be the final reclamation area <br />at the site. With the concurrent reclamation at the site, the final site <br />reclamation area will be located in the gate area and including the final pond <br />edge reclamation will be approximately 4 acres Less. Generally, by that date, all <br />cover and topsoil will have been replaced and seeded and a less than 3:1 slope <br />established in all other pasture and pond edge disturbed areas. Final slopes will <br />then be graded up the access gate area, covered and seeded. Pond perimeter road <br />segments will be completed and vegetated due to the planned concurrent <br />reclamation and seeding as soon as possible alter final grade is complete. <br />The size of any operations area would be dependent on the amount of room <br />needed for any production stockpiles for large volume projects. All operations <br />will be within the pond/excavation footprint areas. All excavated areas within the <br />pond footprint will become a pond water surface or part of the < 3:1 sloped pond <br />edge. Final operations at the site will be in an approximate 3 acre area <br />located between the site gate and on/in the southern end of both ponds. This <br />approximate 3 acre area along with remaining pond edges and road areas <br />will be the only area requiring reclamation at the completion of site mining <br />activities. All pond edges and perimeter roads will have been completely <br />reclaimed and constructed by the end of final pond excavation. <br />The 50 foot wide maximum pond perimeter topsoil stockpile/road "halo" or "buffer" <br />area, a total of 9.80 acres will have been concurrently reclaimed. All of the <br />concurrently reclaimed and other disturbed areas between the pond, on pond edges <br />and adjacent perimeter roads will be graded have topsoil replaced and seeded <br />WestWater Engineering <br />APPENDIX C - 18 July 2012 <br />