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i i RECLAMATION <br />Reclamation will begin with the dozing of the OB onto <br />the adjacent pit floor. Some draws at the fringes of the <br />mining will be filled. In these areas a minimum slope of <br />6:1 will be established. Slopes internal to the pit will <br />be established at a minimum of 3:1. The overburden place- <br />ment will work hand in hand with the gravel removal and <br />should be considered mining expense, not reclamation expense. <br />Prior to placing of topsoil and seeding, experience will have <br />been gained in slope stability and corrections made to insure <br />a better grass stand with less maintenance. Diversion ditches, <br />check dams, terracing and slope lessening are some of the <br />methods that may be used to mitigate slope failures. The <br />Soil Conservation Service has done extensive work with the <br />land holders in the past at this location. Broderick & <br />Gibbons will utilize the S.C.S and other expertise to lessen <br />• their reclamation liabilities beginning with Phase I. b~ith- <br />in 2 years of completing mining of Phase I, the reserved top- <br />soil will be placed approximately 5" deep and seeded. Straw <br />and jute matting may be necessary in critical areas to es- <br />tablish growth. Hocaever, in the first go-a-round these will <br />be conservatively used. Management will be on the site full <br />time during mining. Part of their duties is to oversee the <br />continuing reclamation. <br />The succession of each mining stage by the reclamation <br />stage will proceed through Phase X whense reclamation will <br />be complete within 2 years of the last mining. <br />r1 <br />