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Dc stockpiled when weather would preclude equipment frog <br />{ replacing it, Such stockpiles of topsoil could be placed <br />i <br />i away from any contamination and where rehandling would be <br />eliminated. <br />All topsoil stockpiles wou'_d have ditches dug around the <br />area to eliminate erosion. When topsoil could be stockpiled <br />through a growing season, stockpiles would be reseeded w:th <br />a fast growing annual such as oats or wheat, if other <br />species were found to be better stabilizers, they xould 5e <br />used, after aoprovai from the Colorado Land Reclamation <br />Board and OSM, This seeding ~:ou1d held control any wind_nd <br />i <br />water erosion and keep the topsoil alive and viable. <br />Overburde^ R=moval <br />After soil removal, the area could be leveled or benched for <br />the overburden drill. Holes would be drilled to the coa'_, <br />I <br />1 loaded with explosives, and detonated. The method of <br />blasting would conform to OSM regulations (30 CFR 715.19), <br />The dragline xould then remove the overburden down to ccal <br />and cast it into the void of the previous pit. <br />Either the Marion 7400 presently in use or the Bucyrus-crie <br />770 dragllr,e could be used to remove the overburden. <br />Coal Removal <br /> <br />After the overburden has been removed the coal would be <br />12 <br />