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The reclamation plan sepazately addresses the three azeas to be reclaimed, 1) the North <br />Pit, 2) the haul road to the North Pit, the Permanently Reclaimed Spoils Area, and Topsoil <br />Stockpile # 2, and 3) reconstruction of Cazbon Junction Canyon. ACross-Section Map <br />provides a compazison between the existing and final topography. The Final Contour Map <br />shows the reclaimed contours at a contour interval oftwo feet. <br />North Pit Reclamation <br />Coal stripping occurred at this location during the operation of the Cazbon Junction Mine. <br />Current disturbance consists of the exposed sandstone layer forming the base of the coal <br />seam that was mined, a relatively flat bench area, and adjacent downspoiied fd1 below the <br />bench. <br />Reclamation of the North Pit involves the following tasks: <br />1) Returning as much downspoiled fill as possible from the slope below to the North Pit <br />bench azea. Downspoiled material will be used to partially backfill the bench area and <br />sandstone scarp. A large tracked excavator will be employed for this task, sited on the <br />bench or on an intermediate bench below the main bench. <br />2) Moving the recovered spoiled fill material and side cut to the base of the bench adjacent <br />to the sandstone at the inside edge of the bench using a bulldozer and/or the tracked <br />excavator. <br />3) Moving all boulders and cobble material from the bench area to the inside edge of the <br />bench prior to remaining backfilling. This will be done with a bulldozer and/or a tracked <br />excavator. <br />4) Recovering the remaining needed fill from the Permanently Reclaimed Spoils Area <br />below the North Pit. Backfilling will leave a 30 foot wide bench and backfill the sandstone <br />scarp to a grade of 3H:1 V (see Cross-Section Map). This task will be undertaken with a <br />front-end loader and dump truck team The upper segment of the sandstone scarp cannot <br />be backfilled at this grade and will remain as it currently exists. <br />5) Regrading the North Pit bench fill to final contour with a bulldozer. <br />6) Loading and hauling topsoil from Topsoil Stockpile #2 to cover the entire North Pit <br />bench fill area with eight to twelve inches of topsoil. <br />7) Regrading and spreading of the topsoil. Some topsoil will be spread over the bench <br />outslope to cover downslope spofl that could not be retrieved with the tracked excavator. <br />TR08, TRI1 (v1.0) 5-30 Revised 9/97, 08/02 <br />