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End of requirements of Section 3.1 Reclamation Performance Standards. <br />Resume with Rule 6.4.5 <br />6.4.5 (Reclamation Plan) <br />(d) Where applicable, the operator/applicant has plans developed for the <br />segregation, preservation, replacement, compaction and grading of soil used for <br />revegetation. The revegetation plan will contain a list of the preferred species of <br />grasses to be planted as recommended by the field office of the NRCS which can be <br />found in Exhibit "J." All seeds recommended should be available and in sufficient <br />quantity to accomplish the revegetation. <br />Seedbed preparation has been covered in Section 3.1 of this application (See <br />3.1.10(5) ). <br />(e) The schedule of reclamation will closely follow the mining phasing, and the <br />operator would expect to start reclamation as soon as feasible after mining has been <br />completed in each phase. <br />The final grading also will be done in conjunction with mining. All backsloping, <br />daylighting and contouring will be done as mining progresses. <br />(i) This is an estimate of the period of time that will be required for <br />reclamation. Start times of reclamation is dependent on the length of time <br />of the mining Phase. Reclamation is independent in each Phase. <br />Therefore Phase 1 can be in reclamation and Phase 2 can be in mining. <br />To start reclamation in Phase 1, the entire area will have been mined -out <br />and the reclamation will start, at this point mining in Phase 2 will have <br />started. This is the plan that will be applied in each Phase. This method <br />will keep the disturbed areas to a minimum. <br />(ii) (ii) The largest area that will be in mining and/or reclamation at any time <br />will be Approximately 95.6 Acres. Refer to locations of phases of <br />reclamation on reclamation map in Exhibit "F." Phase 1A will take the <br />longest to reclaim since it contains the processing and stockpile areas. <br />Phase 1A) <br />46.7 <br />Acres <br />Phase 1 B) <br />37.1 <br />Acres <br />Phase 2) <br />95.6 <br />Acres <br />Phase 3) <br />93.1 <br />Acres <br />Phase 4) <br />66.5 <br />Acres <br />(f) Measures that will be taken to revegetate the site: <br />(i) Side slopes will be graded to a maximum 3H : 1 V. The pit floor will be <br />graded, smoothed, and topsoiled. See maps. <br />