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Summit Brick and Tile Company Fox No 1 Clay Pit M-1977-219-Adequacy Response#2 Page 5 being provided all necessary information. The Applicant shall provide a new and updated Blasting Plan in accordance with Rule 6.4.4(h) and demonstrate that offsite areas will not be adversely affected by blasting. The Division has enclosed Attachment A - Key Elements of a Blasting Plan which provides information the Division needs to review and approve a Blasting Plan. Please note, some of the necessary updates needed from the 2002 Blasting Plan include but not limited to the following: the proposed mining plan states flint clay and not just the sandstone may need to be blasted, '/z mile pre-blast structure survey, map to identify areas where blasting will occur, and Siloam Road characterization. Please find attached a revised and updated Blasting Plan for the Fox No 1 Clay Pit prepared by Buckley Powder and Michale G. Leidich, P.E. . It was prepared using Attachment A as a guideline along with the requirement in rule 6 . 5 (4) . EXHIBIT E Reclamation Plan (Rule 6.4.5): 46. In response to Adequacy Item#20, the Applicant submitted a new and complete Exhibit E in accordance with Rule 6.4.5. The Division has reviewed the new submittal and provides the following inadequacies. I have added these noted inadequacies to the revised reclamation plan and attached a copy to this response . 46.1 As required by Rule 6.4.5(2)(f)(v), please specify the anticipated minimum depth or range of depths of replaced topsoil. Review of the soils report provided we find the soils vary from 0 to 2 inches to 0 to 7 inches depending on what the soil type is for the 7 soil types found on the site . The amount to be replaced will really depend on what area is being stripped and mined at any given time. Some of the soil is vary stony loam to stony loam (covers 59 . 4% of the mine area) and remaining areas are Silt, Clay and sandy loams (covers 40 . 6% of the mine) . The over all average is 2 . 7 inches of available topsoil available for use when reclaiming the disturbed areas . I added text on page 9 (revised 11/13/17) addressing this and have supplied a copy for the file . 46.2 The Applicant proposes to use the reclamation recommendations from the Soil Conservation Service, dated November 6, 1990. Please verify and provide documentation from the NRCS that these recommendations are still appropriate and adequate for the proposed AM-03 expansion. The Applicant may also provide new recommendations from the NRCS to replace the 1990 recommendations.