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Abandonment Plan After all permit areas have been mined or at the time of filing a notice of abandonment (permanent cessationl, the following procedures will be employed. Last Active Pit and Highwall. After all coal is removed, the area will be graded and the highwall reduced (see Exhibit 12-9, Postmining Contour Mapl~ The site will be prepared and soil replaced. fleclamation will proceed in accordance with procedures presented in this tab. Internal Haul Roads. All haulage roads not designated as permanent roads will have road base materials dozed into cut areas where they will be covered by Till material during the road grading operations. The road area will be ripped approximately 18 inches deep. The site will then be graded, soiled, and seeded (see Exhibits 12-9, Postmining Contour Map, and 13-1, and Postmining Vegetation Types, and Tab 9, Attachment 1, Topsoil Management Plan and Schedulingl. Reclamation will proceed in accordance with procedures presented in this tab. Permanent roads are described later in this section. Shop and Facilities. Assuming Seneca II does not receive any bonatide requests from the postmine landowner to leave the mine office and facilities, all structures will be disassembled and the foundations broken and buried in the solid waste disposal site as shown on Exhibit 12-2, Mining Facilities Map, Any contaminated soil or fill materials will be properly disposed. Soil will be replaced in accordance with Tab 9, Attachment 1, Topsoil Management Plan and Scheduling. The site will be seeded with Seed Mix No. 1 and reclamation will proceed in accordance with Tab 13 provisions. Powerlines. Power lines and power poles will be removed. The holes and any disturbance associated with powerline removal will be reclaimed according to procedures specified in this tab. Several poles may be left as raptor perches in interior reclaimed areas. If poles are to be retained as raptor perches, they will not exceed more than 2 poles in 1600 feet. Requests for retention of poles will be submitted to the postmine landowner and the Division for approval Fences. Perimeter fences will be removed at the request of the postmine lantlowner when not necessary to meet Tinal fencing configuration patterns for better pature use management or fencing along property lines. Any disturbances associated with fence removal will be properly graded and seeded with Seed Mix No. 1. Fencing removal costs are shown in Attachemnt 13-4. Solid Waste Disposal Site. After burial of all mine debris that is appropriate for disposal in the solid waste disposal area, the solid waste disposal site will be final graded, soiled, and planted with Seed 13-49 Revised 12104