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material ire fr-orn ether sites wo~_rld only create additional <br />surface distur•bar~ce. <br />The mandate of Secti~=~n 51~(b) (~? c.f the S~_rrface Mir~ir~y <br />Lon~tral and Reclarnatio~n Act tc. restore the land to the <br />~ appraxirnate arigir~al conto~_rr will all highwalls eliminated <br />~~ contains sr. inherent r_~~ntradicti~_r~ when it rs applied to Hay <br />G~_rlch, with its steep t~~pography. In such terrain, <br />elirninati~_~n of the hiyhwall wo~_ild not r•est._.re the land to <br />apprc~xirnate _~r3ginal contc~~_n•, since its or-igir~al co~.rto~.ir, :r. <br />marry areas, was ,.a na~t~;ral steep area, car ~lirf, which was <br />sirnilar• ire its C~~rit~~~_~r• t-~ a high~,all. Cor~seq~.reritly, La <br />'~ Plata G:gal C~~rp. feel; that a p;;rtian .•f the portal face-up <br />shy=~~_rld remain as part ..f the pa=_t -mining topography. <br />Tire portal face-~_~p ab~_ve '~:he e~rrtr-ies f-.as been in place since <br />'~, 19V5. No stability r_~r safety pr~~biems have been enco~.rntered <br />since that t irnr~ with t!-ie face-~.rp. <br />S'~.rrface Far_ilit ies and 3t rtict~_~res. A nu ~ninn.un _~f earthwork <br />will be necesary f~_~r the regrading %.F th.e ~~_rrface facilities <br />area. All' facilities will be r•ernaved at 'the cc~r~cl~_isior~ :~f <br />raining i_rnless appr~~ved by the Division f_~r• fi~_rt~.rr•e <br />beneficial use. <br />Following 'the removal .f the str•~_rct~.rres and the f~=~~.rndations, <br />dozers car graders will be ~..ised, where necessary, tc reshape <br />the area t~=~ pr~~d~.rce « =_,~irface similar t~~ the pre-coining <br />t~~p~~gr•aphy. Eq~.u ppmer~t will lea~:e t-he s~.ir•face in a rough car <br />G. UJ-.J7 <br />