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side of the pit and the slopes and erosion there, along with the eastern part of the south berm and with <br /> the southeast corner connecting them can be included as a major unit of reclamation composed of three <br /> subunits. Operationally,all three should be done more or less together. That said,the southeast corner <br /> and the eroded east end of the South Berm have top priority over any other area in the pit. <br /> At the north end of the east cut faces and just south of the North Berm, a gap should be left so <br /> equipment removing soil from the North Berm can easily move into the pit area. <br /> At the same time that the cut faces are reclaimed with grading and topsoiling,the adjacent <br /> eroded and essentially barren sandy areas immediately west of the cut faces will be reclaimed. Of <br /> course, grading and topsoiling should not be done where the adjacent land at the toe of the cut faces is <br /> composed of rich growths of willow and other vegetation. These areas are generally identified on Exhibit <br /> F-1,but precise identification of where to stop the work to protect the good growth must be made when <br /> the work is being done. Protect those areas from disturbance as much as possible. The surface of the <br /> sandy, barren areas should be graded along a line that is perpendicular to the flow of water across those <br /> areas. Generally the flow is north to south, so the grading will be along an east/west line. <br /> Topsoiling these areas will have a minimum of 6" to 8" of soil but placing more than 10" is <br /> probably not necessary. More importantly is that, like the cut faces, low scale ridging will be along an <br /> east/west line and never parallel to the slope grade, which is north/south. This is needed to help control <br /> erosion in the early stages of revegetation. <br /> Vollmer Pit Technical Revision June 2018 Updated Reclamation Plan Page 13 of 26 <br />