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<br />About 1215 cubic yards of topsoil. Additional yards <br />^f topsoil will 6e minimal due to the nature ^f the <br />soil on the sites to be mined. Ma;:imum topsoil <br />depths are about 6 inches ^ver mast of the new areas <br />-~ .~,o to be mined, of which 4 inches ma::imum is recover- <br />_,~~( ~ able without including large quantities of overbur- <br />~- rr~ ~it den rock. In Area 3, only 2957 cubic yards of <br />.~'• -` <br />-'CL_ ~~- topsoil is potentially available. In Area 4, only <br />~'ty ~` 1225 cubic yards maximum would 6e available. This <br />_~'~ lack of available topsail demonstrates the need for <br />screening overburden to recover plant-growth medium. <br />.,_. How ~nany cuhir_ yawls of overb~.u~den is ci_irrent.~ty <br />stackpi.led^: How many additional r_:ubic yards of <br />overburden r•rill. 6e ~{=ripped sand stockpiled for l~t~-:~r <br />r-eplacement•, <br />About 25,000 cubic yards are currently stockpiled. <br />In Area 3, about 370,000 cubic yards will be moved. <br />In Area 4, about 25,000 cubic yards will be moved. <br />K =. lnps.o.il. and ovr_~rburden stocl::pilr?ca _~hoi-iJ.rJ be definitr= <br />~ stnc4::piles, pr-operl.y sl.op~ad ==.i.rch th~:~t the tar_~::pia.es <br />~'{re capable of suppori-i.nr a pr=renni•~1 grass rover <br />i.in'l-il i.ised for reclamation. <br />Noted. <br />~. -L.oF'r<o:il :and ovr_~rburden -tockpiac~~s to remain fur <br />~ grr:=ater than 1 growing =_~.e•ason shoi.rl d hour=~ a <br />~ per-er,n:i~~.l grr~rss c~-.rver I:raantc_~d tr_! ail in protect:iny_ <br />thi. ~ mats.=rial f'rnm ~~~ind end worker r~r'os:ion. <br />Topsail stockpiles will 6e seeded according to the <br />seed mix presented in response to MLRD-E (3). Over- <br />burden from depth is mostly rack (red shale with <br />about 5% soil matrix) and will not 6e seeded. Over- <br />burden taken near the surface and screened to obtain <br />plant-growth medium will have the resultant plant- <br />growth medium piles seeded with the mix proposed in <br />the MLRD-E (3) response. <br />Ml_RIi-E. E:;h:i.bit: L:. -- Feclam~at:ion Flan <br />1. Thr_ aper'atr.,r- has commi.l_t~d, in the nrig~ina). '~7-acre <br />I::rerrni~t, to repl~_.rra topsn:il t.a ~~; minr.mr_im depth of :L3 <br />inr.l-ies over the affected ar-ca. Th~~ operator shnul.ca <br />have salvaged this quantity frnrn the I`Jiwot sc=r'ir•:~s. <br />Ti~r:~r-e~for'e, the staf-~ does not: r-u~dcr=_stand or ragr'e~ t.:o <br />{=h Ea siai:en~~ent Chant tl',r oper~itor' will. replacrr_ 6--:L< <br />inches of plan l- grt'~tith n:e~di.um per acre.. <br /> <br />