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<br />1 <br />' have two areas of excavation that will become lakes. The operator <br />' will create two or more areas of shallow water to encourage the <br />invasion of cattails and reeds that might be expected along a <br />it ' normal shoreline (see Revegetation Program in Exhibit E). <br />As operations start in each area, soils will be removed <br />' and stockpiled in setback and right-of-way areas for later use <br />in resoiling and revegetating the slopes and other areas from <br />which soils have been removed. Stripping ahead of the mining <br />' operation will be reduced as much as possible so as to minimize <br />visual impact. It is not expected that any significant amount <br />' of unuseable overburden will be encountered. Therefore, there <br />will be no overburden stockpiles. <br />1 Two methods of mining are under consideration for this area. <br />' Both are standard mining practices used throughout the state. <br />The operator would prefer to dewater and excavate under semi-dry <br />' conditions using front-end loaders, bulldozers and scrapers. <br />Dewatering will begin prior to mining and will continue throughout <br />the life of the mine. An NPDES permit will be obtained from <br />' the Department of Health. <br />If dewatering proves to be prohibitively expensive, the <br />' sand and gravel will be extracted from the lakes using standard <br />dragline procedures. No dewatering will take place. <br />In either case, the extracted materials will be moved from <br />the pit area to the plant site for processing. The processing <br />equipment and necessary specification aggregate stockpiles will <br />' be located on part of the site that is designated for plants, <br />' 8 <br />