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<br />be stockpiled when weather would preclude equipment from <br />replacing it. Such stockpiles of topsoil would be placed <br />away from any contamination and where rehandling would De <br />eliminated. <br />All topsoil stockpiles could have ditches dug around the <br />area to eliminate erosion. When topsoil could be stockpiled <br />through a growing season, stockpiles would be reseeded with <br />a fast growing annual such as oats or wheat. If other <br />species were found to be better stabilizers, they would be <br />used, after approval from the Colorado Land Reclamation <br />Board and OSM, This seeding would help control any wind and <br />water erosion and keep the topsoil alive and viable, <br />9verburden Aemoval <br />After soil removal, the area would be leveled or benched for <br />the overburden drill. Holes would be drilled to the coal, <br />loaded with explosives, and detonated. The method of <br />blasting would conform to OSM regulations (30 CFR 715.19). <br />The dragline xould then remove the overburden down to coal <br />and cast it into the void of the previous pit, <br />Either the Marion 7400 presently in use or the Bucyrus-Erie <br />770 dragline could be used to remove the overburden, <br />After the overburden has been removed the coal xould be <br />12 <br />