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ventilation shaft and access). Roads which are to be reclaimed will be covered with topsoil as <br />shown on Map 69 (Haul Road) and Map 55 (Water Tank Road). In addition, all areas disturbed <br />during the removal of roads, conveyors, or utilities will be covered with topsoil. A summary of the <br />disturbed areas is shown in Table V-3. <br />Before the removal of the topsoil, all trees and large brush are cleared and placed in windrows. <br />Grass, weeds and small brush are not separated from the topsoil. Grass, weeds and small brush <br />intermixed with the topsoil aid in preventing over compaction and adds organic material to the <br />stockpiled topsoil. <br />Topsoil is stripped and transported to the stockpiles by scrapers or front-end loaders and trucks. In <br />some cases where large amounts of rack fragments are intermixed with the topsoil, it might be <br />necessary to strip the topsoil with dozers and then transport it to the stockpiles via front-end loaders <br />and trucks. In order to prevent over compaction during stockpiling, compaction water is not used <br />and driving over the deposited soil is limited to only that which is necessary to stockpile the <br />material. <br />During construction, topsoil was stripped to various depths depending on soil type and site specific <br />conditions, as indicated on Map 28 ("D" Portal Area), Map 52 (Water Storage Area and Access <br />Road), Maps 70-75 (Refuse Haul Road and Plant Access Road), Map 82 (Refuse Area), Map 90 <br />(Alluvial Well Area), and Map 150 (B-Seam ventilation shaft facility and access road). There was <br />no topsoil at the Ventilation Entry Area or along the Ventilation Entry Access Road. In the refuse <br />disposal area, where thick deposits of topsoil or material suitable for topsoil are found, only as much <br />material as required to obtain a uniform reclaimed topsoil depth (close to the average topsoil depth) <br />was removed. Only deposits located in areas that would be disturbed for other reasons were <br />utilized for reclamation. The remainder of the material was separately removed, stockpiled and <br />replaced as subsoil or cover material (see Section 11.1.7.b Topsoil Handling). <br />Topsoil handling procedure as discussed above will be followed for the refuse areas to be <br />constructed in the future. In order to minimize cheatgrass competition on permanent reclamation <br />areas, topsoil shall be stripped to place the first 6" of material on the bottom of the lift. Similar <br />procedure wilt be followed while handling cheatgrass infested topsoil stockpiles. <br />The stripping of material to be used as cover for special non-coal wastes (Section 4.09) or coal <br />waste banks (Section 4.10) in the waste disposal area was done after the topsoil was stripped. <br />Material which was to be stored was treated in the same manner as a permanent topsoil stockpile. <br />Since the thickness of available cover material varied, the stripping depths were varied in order to <br />obtain enough material to provide the required cover. <br /> <br />(Permit Renewal #3, 8/99) V-26 <br />