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It should also be clarified that consistent with Map 6, Soils -South, there will be small areas of <br />rock outcrop, rocky steep slopes, etc. where the topsoil depth is 0 inches. Where this occurs <br />there will not be an attempt to recover topsoil or otherwise disturb the area before disturbance <br />by mining. <br />Colowyo does not plan to use overburden material for topsoil substitutes or as a supplement to <br />topsoil. Colowyo will remove topsoil before any mining operations commence and always <br />maintain a buffer zone between the area stripped of topsoil and the overburden drilling and <br />blasting operations.. As depicted on the Topsoil Handling Maps 28A and 286, the topsoil <br />handling program will result in an orderly sequence for the continuous removal, storage or <br />reapplication of topsoil. The redistribution of topsoil will be done at a time when the physical and <br />chemical properties of the topsoil can be protected from alteration while minimizing the potential <br />for erosion. <br />Topsoil and vegetation matter is windrowed during initial sediment pond construction then <br />typically re-spread onto the outslope of the pond embankment to facilitate revegetation and <br />erosion control. <br />The pond embankments are constructed utilizing in-place materials directly below the upper <br />topsoil zone. This colluvial material is "topsoil" in nature and will be utilized at a future date for <br />pond reclamation. Since the nature of the embankment material functions readily as a topsoil <br />material no additional topsoil will be required for final reclamation of the site. <br />4.06.3 Sto~raa_Q <br />The estimated quantities of topsoil to be stockpiled are found in Section 2.05, Table 1, Topsoil <br />Schedule for Mining Area. As can be seen from this table, topsoil stockpiles exist for support <br />facilities and the mining area. All of the existing or proposed stockpiles result where immediate <br />redistribution will not be practical, either because redistribution areas are not available at the <br />time of topsoil removal, or because more topsoil is being <br />4.06-2 <br />June 18, 2002 <br />MR-57 <br />CF 4.1.1.3. <br />