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• 2.4.1 Topsoil Availability <br />The availability of topsoil materials associated with disturbances within the permit <br />area has been assess as part of the baseline soil survey program and reported in <br />Section 4.7.5. Within the area to be affected by the operation, soil availability for use in <br />reclamation is shown on Figures 4.7-1 and 4.7-2. <br />2.4.2 Topsoil Removal and Handling <br />Topsoil will be removed from any affected area when suitable topsoil exists in <br />recoverable thicknesses. Removal will be by rubber tired scraper or some other <br />equipment adequate to segregate suitable topsoil from unsuitable soil. Topsoil will be <br />stockpiled in the vicinity of the disturbed area. <br />2.4.3 Topsoil Stockpile Design and Management <br />• Topsoil will be deposited in these areas with the equipment used for its removal. <br />Removal will be done mostly with scrapers although it will be necessary in some areas <br />to use a loader and truck haulage. <br />2.5 SURFACE WATER MONITORING PROGRAM <br />A water quality monitoring program has been established to monitor the effect of <br />mining activities. Portions of this monitoring program, as well as the ground water <br />monitoring program described in Section 2.6, will cover both the Munger Canyon and <br />McClave Canyon mines which operate in close proximity to one another in the same <br />major watershed. Locations of all surtace water monitoring sites are shown on Figure <br />2.3-5. <br />• Permit Renewal <br />2-28 <br />09/03 <br />