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<br />3.1.3 Permanent Reclamation Goals <br />Permanent reclamation goals include hydrologic protection and restoration, re-establishment of <br />approximate original topography, restoration of soil productivity capabilities, and establishment <br />of permanent vegetation communities capable of supporting the designated postmining land <br />use. The following narrative identifies specific objectives for each of these goals: <br />Hvdrologic Protection and Restoration -Hydrologic protection during restoration will <br />focus on three objectives. First will be the establishment of long-term hydrologic stability <br />on restored areas. Both sheet flow and concentrated flow situations will be addressed. <br />Second, positive drainage will be established. Third, the contribution of additional <br />sediment to streamflow will be minimized whenever possible, and erosion will be <br />controlled at acceptable levels. <br />Re-establishment of Approximate Original Tonoeranhv -The objective of final grading <br />operations is to blend disturbed areas into the surrounding topography. Fill materials will <br />be pushed into cuts to the extent this is physically possible and economically feasible. <br />Restoration of Soil Productivity Capabilities -The best-suited soil materials will be <br />salvaged and stockpiled for growth medium reconstruction purposes. Soils will be <br />spatially redistributed to create variations in growth medium that support development of <br />desirable vegetation communities. <br />Establishment of Permanent Vegetation Communities -Revegetation operations will focus <br />on the establishment of vegetation communities that have adequate species and habitat <br />diversity. Species used for revegetation purposes will be compatible with the designated <br />postmining land use and with adjacent undisturbed plant communities. Species will be <br />selected that have the potential to provide adequate production of browse and forage when <br />required for the postmining land use. Revegetation management will focus on balancing <br />productivity and diversity to encourage the development of plant communities that are <br />stable, productive and capable of supposing the intended postmining land use. <br />3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECLAMATION MANAGEMENT - <br />PRACTICES AND IMPLEMENTATION <br />This section describes environmental planning and operating principles that will guide project <br />management, and presents designs for the various BMPs that will be implemented for the <br />Yankee Gulch Project. The structures and practices described in The Plan will be judiciously <br />applied within each disturbance component to ensure that soil conservation is maximized, <br />erosion and sedimentation are controlled at acceptable levels, and short-term and long-term <br />protection, restoration and use objectives are met. <br />It is recognized that BMPs include project management that is geared to site-specific <br />environmental requirements and conditions, as well as construction of the actual physical <br />structures. As such. BMPs include organizational and operational actions taken to prevent, <br />eliminate or reduce pollution from diffuse sources. Examples of organizational BMPs include <br />scheduling surface disturbance activities to avoid wet seasons, incorporating water quality <br />protection and weed control measures into convact provisions, locating roads on ridge tops <br />rather than in valley bottoms, selecting road alignments that minimize the need for and size of <br />cuts and fills, reviewing project implementation documents to ensure incorporation of <br />protection methods and measures, and inspecting project sites to ensure proper implementation <br />American Soda L.L.P. 3-2 <br />Soil Conservation. Plosion and Sedimcnl <br />Control. Reclattution, and Revegetation Plan <br />U:tober 28, 1998 <br />Revised Apn19, 1999 <br />