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Construction of the West Ridge waste disposal area was initiated in July 1983. Lands <br />available for reclamation at this site have been seeded and mulched on an approximately annual base <br />since development began. The West Ridge waste disposal site encompasses approximately 3.37 <br />acres. Approximately 2.20 acres of this site are currently reclaimed. Reclamation of the old waste <br />disposal site near ponds 1 and 2 was completed in November of 1983. Vegetation was established <br />on this 0.86 -acre site the following spring. Development of the East Ridge waste disposal site was <br />initiated in 1983 in conjunction with development of the West Ridge site. The East Ridge saw <br />topsoil salvaged and an intermediate material stockpile established to accommodate material being <br />generated from the West Ridge development. <br />Reclamation of the Orchard Valley West Mine fill slopes and associated disturbance was <br />completed by the fall of 1987. Slope instability necessitated the relocation of topsoil at the mine site <br />and subsequent reseeding and mulching of both the new pile and the old pile footprint was competed <br />in the fall of 1990. <br />Several small topsoil piles exist throughout the various disturbance areas on the mine. <br />Those piles project to remain undisturbed for longer than five years are seeded with the permanent <br />seed mixture. Those piles projected to be redistributed within five years were seeded with the <br />temporary seed mixture. <br />16 <br />