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<br />;. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />been dismantled and removed, the top layers (from zero to txelve <br />inches) of coal, shale, 3~dstone and other soils, will be scraped <br />and graded into a pile for backfilling the mine portals. Those <br />materials which are not suitable for reseeding can best be han-. <br />died by its removal off the mine bench rather than burying the <br />pile under amended top soil. <br />After the portals ere backfilled and sealed, the cleared <br />3:1 slopes will be smoothed ever by grading out the rough spots. <br />Since the permitted areas effected are less than three acres, <br />excluding the access roads, e foreign, but acceptable, top soil <br />material will need to be used for revegetation because all pre- <br />vious top sols has or had been used as landfill. <br />(H) Top Soil Dispersement and Grading: Coverage of the permit <br />area with new top soils for reseeding and plant growth will be as <br />follows: <br />Location <br />Access Road <br />j:l Slopes. <br />j:l to 2:1 Slopes <br />2:1 to 1.5:1 Slopes <br />Soil Depths <br />I;one <br />6 - 8 inches <br />4 - 8 inches <br />0 - Ll inches <br />Since tkre easements and coal rights owned by the Blue <br />Flame Coal Company are bf a life of indeterminate length, it is <br />not possible to say where the top soils will be brought from. <br />But the most likely area would be the plateau directly above the <br />mine site preser;tly cvrr:ed by N,r. I.a:;rence Funtington. <br />(J) Reve~etatior,: Develop^~ent of a vigorous grass dominated <br />vegetational cover of predominately natives, including some shrubs <br />