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• a .... Thr~re ar-t= cc:mfli.ct~.ny sCal:emerrL's in the reclamation pLran and soil'=: inFormat.i.on with r;_.=sl:~~~~ct to the rsalvage ::vnJ replar_:=menL'. of topsail, ancf over.-burden i~rom ;::clTuvaaa. land=a. l:n thu Sni.ls s~ar_ti.nn, tFte npr=rotor ~~tates, "Topsoi.l o-;ill. he separately stared From the a•:-erhi.trden, but in the reclamation phase, {.he overburden will be dry screened and used al any wi tl-t {_he {:opsai 1 a~_. 1:he p:L ant growi..h mcdi.t_un. " :Ln anatha=r paragraph wi.thi.n the Soils sear_tion, the opr~rator stettes, "'T'he use. of cull.;_tvial land as tl-te plant:-growth rttedium for rer_].amatinn will rE-~yuir~ that dr'y scrr=eniny o~f 1.opsuil and overburden be done: hr_~fore seeding, and to insure st_ir_cessful r'evFgaL~s- tion„ proper' m~xnat.3ement through con ti"al1LLI or- redur._c~d c.Tra~ing and irr:igat.i.on wall he rcyr.ured." Topsail from any area being disturbed will be stockpiled separately. In one instance same topsoil and "overburden" was mixed (SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 25). In order for the reclamation of this area to be successful, this mixed material may be dry screened and used as a plant-growth medium for re- claiming this appro>:imate 1,5 acre area. The top- soil from the colluvial land is only about 6 inches deep. The overburden, when screened would supply about another 2-4 inches which is felt to be better- for reclamation purposes than only 4 to b inches of salvageable plant-growth medium. The 2 to 4 inches obtained by screening overburden material would be placed first and then the 4 to 6 inches ^f topsoil would be placed over it. There is a possibility that the material that was inadvertently mixed (top- soil mired with overburden) is more than adequate to sustain the proposed seed mix and would only be graded instead of screened. The initial attempt would be to regrade this area and then seed it with the propased'seed mix. I"11_Fi'D - l:n f:hi, rt=:'r..l,;imation plan, the uFrer-atn~ siat.es, "Hs thr:.r npr=rati.on tn~ogresse~, from ~.~rez: to area, loa.d~:~rs and scr-~ap~~r-~s ~•~i 1 ]. remove L-he ] ~-?4 :ir.cl-ues of col 1u- vi al i:opsai a and r.:ubsoi. l ~ Th:i s me.tr-_~ri al wi l l bra stored ~~tbove the t.-{carry ._:lor'tg w9th they nvmrhiarden (E::It:ibit. C; -- h1'irting Flan I°lap?. 1)t_tc~ to thts~ overa].a high ror_6; content ^f the overburrlt~n and topsoi.l., ti'tis material will 6e ~~~crr_rmed pricer- to rer.lamati.nn". The depth of "topsoil" generally does not exceed b inches in the area where mining will take place. In the topsoil removal process, rocl; overburden will be removed along with the topsoil though not inten- tionally, therefore any screening would provide a better plant-growth medium. 4