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disturbance of the Berry Pit of 29.8 acres, reclamation will be performed by spreading the mixed top- <br />soil/overburden from Stockpiles A and B throughout the area. As demonstrated in the mining plan, <br />these piles contain approximately 48,238 cubic yards. This will result in an average thickness of 1.0 <br />feet for the reclamation. <br />For the new lease area, Strips 1 through 8 will have been restored with the overburden and topsoil <br />from the adjacent strip to the west. Strip 9 will be reclaimed by first placing overburden from the <br />original lease area to a depth of 1.0 feet and then topsoiling from Stockpile C, which had stored the <br />soil from Strip 1 of 7518 cubic yards. The approximate replacement thickness in Strip 9 is12-18 <br />inches. <br />The final reclamation task is to regrade the protection berm and sediment pond. The sediment pond <br />area is approximately 0.9 acres and the berm is approximately 0.8 acres. Assuming that the berm is 6 <br />feet high over a length of 2400 feet with 2:1 slopes, this results in a spread volume of 6,400 cubic <br />yards. The sediment pond contains 7500 cubic yards. Both areas will be reclaimed by dozer regrad- <br />ing within a short distance of the work areas. Topsoil will be respread on the bench area on the south <br />perimeter which is the area where the soil was originally obtained. <br />Prior to any replacement of topsoil, the subsoil/overburden will be ripped to a depth of 12 inches if <br />the material has compaction levels that could inhibit root growth. If any compaction of topsoil oc- <br />curs during the placement process, it will also be ripped or harrowed to its replacement depth. <br />Once final topsoil placement has been achieved, the site will be seeded and mulched according to the <br />recommendations of the local NRCS. See report in Appendix D. <br />Berry Pit 3/02 15 <br />