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.a..~.~. ._._.. _....._ .... .. ............ ..a,.,.~_.,.:...~:~'.:..Y,u•:._...~~.,_.~._.:.;.te~t~?.aS~•:.,.`,:,~e.w.._i,i°r,?tit$~:~~~;K~riil1~. <br />• • <br /> <br />After several years Gf mining, overbL.lyden and topsoil will <br />be rc~oved fi•o(n the storage ai^ea and will be dis'tr-ibuted aver <br />the bacl::illled areas. The mining will pror_eed in a <br />gerieral.l'y southeasterly direction to Phase ~~ where the <br />vegct_Itlon gradually deteriorates to lust a few invader <br />fGrbs. 7rlls area has a very thin layer of top~~Gil which <br />will Ile preserved arld star-ed as Well as possible in the <br />designated area. f"=base ~ area covers a sectiGn of <br />apprr,;:irnately 7, h7 acres. CGmpletiGn Gf Phase may be 2 <br />to S years fl^Gm the start of the operation. <br />Phase r_Gnsists Gf the balance Gf the proposed acreage <br />tG be mined. The area is comer-iced, far the most part, of <br />ar"~ oui:r_ropping Gf gravel brea4::s with little or nG topsoil., <br />7~rle vi_get.ati Gn is e:: tr-erlely sparse and cGmpri e.erJ mostly of <br />irlvaders st_Ir_rl as brGGm si~a4::eweed and sr_arlet glGbemallGw. <br />]rte e:: t. F: r','1,. Gf ml n5. rig aCtl`J1 t'y lrl rr'rla SE? ~ is al mGst <br />:L mGGSS.-ihl.e 'fG GrBdi ct si nr_e the the ckness ~.Gr the rcc4:: sham <br />is undE_ter-Irl;.i-ICd. The east c-:nd of the pr"Gposed al^ea has a <br />silGrt draw rl.lnning from the meddle Gf the Phase ~ sector In <br />a nor-1:heY-l~~i dirrr_tiGn and out of the site. The mining <br />pote;ti..i.al of this draw wial he determined d(_Iring Phase <br />artd w.i.l.l be dandled accardi.i~gl.•y. <br />It is .:Intir_ip_-ted that mining wild be accGrrlpl:i,_hFd With a <br />ll-'-% Cci't.~r-L-,„liar dGZer and a Cl..,rk-~Mir..higan rl.d7uer-tit^ed <br />~r:'r ape'r. ~1 GF1n DeeF'e mGdel c1 i1~ r-;ibheY--%ired frLint-end <br />lG~dE91"S Wi.l 1. lie L.IS/?d t0 rriGVe ti-iB mat.Brlal In the m1nB aY'ea <br />=i rl rJ fCi :~I7ad ]. is GLIt Crn trilC Eis. :.r r_r F_~e('1 l.ng e1~Ul p(tler~t and <br />G Gfi`J r.e', G't-5 ; a: Gng W1'th sl_LppLir't_ 'Mehl t-.1 es W.L 1 i. be tree Gnl V <br />Gther- eql-iipment ore si%e. <br />A1.1 mining a~i.ll hr Boni? abGVe tree water table and <br />f.lGOdrtai.n, sG no watr=r resources 4J'.l.Ll be affected by this <br />iipera"i1Gri. aLirf ~iCe runoff Will b~= almost none:~:istmt In <br />this area rJue to the perrcleabili±y of the soil and the <br />topGgralihy and layout Gf the mine site r.tself. <br />Ali proposed ~ainlrlg ar-1=_as are underlain With a 1a•yer rf <br />sandstone GI_It niii;ir~q Gpcrati.Gns Wiil only rcar_h this la'yer- <br />near- area!; Gf o;.ltcrGpping-;. The rock seam from which <br />rnaterial.s will be prGdl.u:ed lies L-.eneath ~ tG 1~ iricl-Ic--. _, Gf <br />i7JerblJrdl3•I"1 and top SGl.i and Varies from 6 to iP_ feet ir'I <br />tr~i!:14::ness. <br />