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Rule 2: Permits <br />Areas BA-1 and BA-2 aze located such that any run-off from these azeas will be directed to a <br />• sediment control pond. Run-off from BA-3 will be controlled by the placement of silt fence <br />or straw bales along the down slope perimeter of the disturbance azea. Additionally, a <br />minimum of twenty feet of undisturbed surface will be left in place between the disturbance <br />azea and the natural drainage channel. <br />In lieu of acquiring all of the soil material from the three borrow areas; the surface owner <br />may provide surplus soil resulting from pond construction on his property in Lorencito <br />Canyon. Any remaining soil deficiency will be obtained from BA-3. <br />SOIL REDISTRIBUTION <br />Proper site preparation will precede reapplication of soil in all reclaimed areas. Areas <br />disturbed by mining will be subjected to final grading, but will remain in rough condition to <br />assist stability and resist slippage of soil after reapplication. Leaving the graded surface in a <br />roughened condition will also improve moisture permeability between the soil/spoil <br />interfaces. Compacted areas such as roads will be ripped to a depth of 18 inches. <br />The timing of soil reapplication will be dependent on completion of backfilling and grading. <br />It will be advantageous for reapplication to take place just prior to fall or spring seeding <br />windows. Soil will be removed from stockpiles using front-end loaders, excavators, dozers, <br />and trucks. Soil will be spread evenly over spoil using dozers and motor graders working <br />along contour wherever possible. Areas with steep slopes may preclude redistribution on <br />• contour. Soil will then be spread so as to ensure a uniform thickness consistent with <br />reclamation and revegetation requirements and soil availability. Prior to seeding, where soil <br />has become compacted, the area will be chisel-plowed prior to seeding to alleviate <br />compaction and promote water infiltration. <br />In general, all soil and usable subsoil stripped and stockpiled for each facility will be <br />redistributed evenly across that facility. In the event that a significant surplus of soil has <br />been stockpiled in a specific location it will be utilized in the reclamation of a site deemed to <br />have a topsoil deficit. Timing of reclamation may limit availability of soil material and <br />individual areas may receive less cover material Areas with less material available may <br />receive supplemental soil from as yet unmined areas approved for mining with a soil surplus, <br />or apoil-substitute material may be applied. <br />The loadout area has a post mining land use classification as industrial use. The azea will be <br />used as a staging azea to service ranch management and coal bed methane development. <br />Sufficient soil from Topsoil Stockpile #1 (Approximately 3,000 yazds) will be spread across <br />the area and seeded to provided sediment control until industrial use is fully implemented. <br />As the majority of the area will eventually be graveled, the surface owner has requested that <br />soil placement be minimized. The balance of stockpile #1 will be retained by the surface <br />owner/operator for use upon completion of industrial use activities. <br />Where there is sufficient soil material, each azea will receive an average of eight inches of <br />• soil from dedicated soil stockpiles or recovered from current mining and live-handled to the <br />TR-14 2.05-58 (Revised 8/29/06) <br />