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+. <br />~ • <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />~ 999 <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OI•' AGRICULTURE <br />Soil Conservation Service Technical Guide <br />Colorado Section IV <br />STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS <br />Land Recunstructi.on, Currently Mined Land (acre) <br />(Code 544) <br />Definition <br />Na,storing cuct'ent].y mines) land to an acceptable form and for a planned use. <br />Scope <br />'this standard applies to the identification, removal, stockpiling and replace- <br />mer.t of soil materials on currently mined land. It also applies to nearby <br />areas chat ran be affected by the mininy of various minerals or commodities. <br /> ['urposc <br />® To prevent permanent r)mnayc to seal ancf water resources in and near mined <br /> areas. 'fO restore the produ ctivity of soils to permit their pre-mining <br /> use or a more intensive use. To co ntrol erosion, preserve the environment <br /> and provide an economic use of the land. <br />Condit ions wl+c n. l,ract.ice ahplacs <br />Currently mined are.,s th.+r. will be adversely affected Ly mininy practices. <br />Ala nn ing considcra[ionc <br />1. With use of a soil ~~urvey, evaluate soils significant to reconstruction <br />operations and identify iv~imc farmland. <br />.-. Evaluate wat.et ,u+d nthor re la trd resources. <br />3. Consider loc,ationn for storage of soil material, access ronc'.s and possible <br />permanent impoundment, <br />.~ <br />, <br />4. Consider measures for 1,].acement of sl:oi1, water dish%osal„replacement <br />of soil material, restoration of soil producti.vi-ty and rcvey~;tntion of disturlu <br />nrcns. <br />5. ['r el;a re a recl,~rat+„+~ plan s~,e ci f}'i ny required l~,roce~lu res for co nduc Ci nq <br />reconstruction operations. <br />r <br />April 1979 <br />