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the limited area available for mine surface facilities, all of the salvaged soil material will be placed <br />in the soil stockpile, located to the southwest of PECOCO Pond, as shown on the Mine Facilities <br />Map (South End) (Map 2.05.3 -MIA). The topsoil stockpile will contain approximately 140,000 <br />cubic yards, and is located and configured to minimize erosion potential and to prevent loss or <br />degradation of the soil resource. Topsoil signs will be placed and maintained on the stockpile in <br />compliance with the applicable requirements of Rules 4.02.4 and 4.02.7. The stockpile will be <br />stabilized with a quick establishing vegetative cover. Ditches /sumps, silt fence, wattles, etc., may <br />be placed at the toe of the stockpile slope to minimize sediment. <br />Where soil salvage is operationally feasible, soil salvage and handling will involve the following <br />general activities, in compliance with applicable provisions of Rule 4.06: <br />• Establish temporary drainage and sediment control to control runoff and sediment during <br />soil removal operations. This may involve the use of ditches, berms, silt fences, straw bales <br />or wattles, or other temporary control measures. <br />• Conduct clearing operations to remove any large shrubs prior to soil removal. These <br />materials will be placed in slash piles on the perimeter of the disturbance areas and disposed <br />of. Smaller vegetation is removed during soil salvage and incorporated into the soil material <br />as organic matter. <br />• Salvage available soil materials. Soil or suitable plant growth material salvage will involve <br />the use of tracked dozers, wheel loaders, scrapers, and /or trucks to remove, load, and haul <br />the soil materials. Target soil salvage depths are identified in Section 2.04.9 Soils Resource <br />Information and Exhibit 2.04.9 -E1 Soils Information. Actual soil salvage operations are <br />guided by visual observation, with the objective of recovering all reasonably available and <br />recoverable soil, subsoil, and suitable plant growth materials. Recognizing that heavy clay <br />soils are not suitable as a revegetation medium, clayey soils will only be recovered if there <br />are sufficient volumes of suitable non -clay soils (loams and sandy soils) for blending or <br />meet the criteria in the above soils section and exhibit. <br />• Soil materials recovered from new disturbance areas will be hauled and placed in the <br />Topsoil Stockpile shown on the Mine Facilities Map, (Map 2.05.3 -M1A, Mine Facilities <br />Map (South End)) for temporary storage and future reclamation use. Soil removal volumes <br />will be determined by surveying the soil stockpile. The soil stockpile area which will be <br />seeded with a quick establishing vegetative cover to stabilize the soil surface and minimize <br />the potential for erosion and soil loss. A topsoil balance will be determined and reported in <br />the Annual Reclamation Report. <br />Soil will be recovered from stockpile for placement following final grading of reclaimed <br />disturbance areas. The regraded surface will be roughened and scarified to provide a good <br />bond between the soil and underlying materials and to promote moisture infiltration and root <br />penetration. The surface of the replaced soil materials will be left in a roughened condition <br />to promote infiltration, minimize runoff, and provide a good seedbed for revegetation. All <br />available stockpiled soil materials will be utilized in reclaiming mine disturbance areas. <br />Replaced soil materials and the underlying graded overburden materials will be sampled to a <br />total depth of 3 feet as the basis for evaluation of plant growth suitability. Additional soil <br />handling and replacement details are presented in Section 2.05.4(2). <br />TR -0� 2.05 -29 Revision 4/12 <br />q' <br />