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Table 2.05.4(2)(d)-4 <br />Topsoil Balance North of BB & West of 2700 Road (ERMR-Johnson, -Lloyd, -Benson West) <br />Prime and Non -Prime Farmland Area <br />Topsoil Required <br />Stockpiled <br />Topsoi13 <br />Directly <br />Placed <br />Topsoil <br />Net <br />Zone <br />Area (acres) <br />CY <br />Thickness (inches) <br />CY <br />CY <br />CY <br />Zone 5 (NPF) <br />109.51 <br />0 <br />21 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Zone 6 (NPF) <br />23.61 <br />0 <br />13 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Zone 7 (NPF)' <br />83.80 <br />135,197 <br />12 <br />153,900 <br />0 <br />18,703 <br />Zone 8 (PF)2 <br />2.83 <br />11,414 <br />30 <br />13,266 <br />0 <br />1,852 <br />Total <br />114,334 <br />123,777 <br />0 <br />20,555 <br />*Stockpiled topsoil volumes for all ponds are present as of January 2016 <br />'Topsoil for Zone 7 reclamation comes from Topsoil Pile 12 <br />2Topsoil for Zone 8 reclamation comes from Topsoil Pile 4; 1.13 acres of the 3.96 acres to be restored as Prime Farmland lie beneath <br />Topsoil Pile 4 and will not require topsoil placement <br />3Stockpiled topsoil values are from Table 2.05.4(2)(d)-2 Topsoil Stockpile Inventory <br />The area north of BB Road and west of 2700 Road is divided into zones for the purpose of topsoil <br />replacement planning, as can be seen on Map 2.05.4-9. Zones 5-7 are not Prime Farmland areas, <br />while Zone 8 is a small Prime Farmland area. For more details on the ERMR Prime Farmland (Zone <br />8) near Pond 013, see Map 2.05.4-8. <br />All of the topsoil discussed above is Mixed Topsoil that was stripped in a single lift. <br />13.0 Topsoil Preparation Procedures Prior to Seeding <br />This discussion has been divided into each of the three main post -mine land uses: Dryland Pasture <br />(DP), Irrigated Pasture (IP), and Irrigated Cropland (IC). Irrigated Cropland covers both prime and <br />non -prime farmland areas. <br />13.1 Irrigated Cropland Topsoil Preparation Procedures (Prime and Non -Prime) <br />Topsoil replacement operations may be carried out during most of the year, the exception being those <br />periods when wet conditions would preclude handling of the topsoil materials. <br />I - Deep ripping of the subsurface - Upon successful completion of placing the bench 1 as described <br />July 2018 (TR -84) 2.05.4(2)(d)-19 <br />