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4.13 CONTEMPORANEOUS RECLAMATION <br />All reclamation actives, including but not limited to backfilling, grading, topsoil, replacement <br />and revegetation, will be carried out as contemporaneously as practicable with mining <br />operations. Implementation of the reclamation plan, as described in Section 2.0.4, will <br />assure that each step in the reclamation process is completed in a timely manner. <br />Because of the multi-seam nature of the mining operation described in Section 2.05, <br />backfilling and grading cannot be completed within 180 days following the coal removal. <br />Backfilling and grading will be completed in variance of the 180 day requirement in a <br />manner previously approved and described below, and in Sections 2.05 and 4.14.1. As <br />shown on the mining Range Diagram (Map 24), mining will be carried out in any one area <br />for a considerable length of time. A series of benches will be necessary in the operation to <br />recover the lower coal seams, and an additional series of benches will be necessary to dump <br />the shovel/truck overburden material in a configuration that achieves the topography shown <br />on the post-mining Topography Map (Map 19). When multi-seams are mined, backfilling <br />and rough grading cannot begin until the lower-most seam is mined. See Spoil Grading Map <br />(Map 29), which shows the time frames in which grading will occur in relation to the time of <br />removal of "X" seam coal, which is shown on the Mine Plan Map (Map 23). <br />Topsoil will be removed prior to the mining disturbance according to the timetable <br />established on the Topsoil Handling -South Map (Map 28). As can be observed from this <br />map, the initial topsoil removed at the operation must be stockpiled; however, as the <br />operation progresses, topsoil can be immediately redistributed rather than stockpiled. <br />Revegetation will commence as soon as the topsoil has been redistributed and prepared for <br />seeding as described in Section 2.05.4. The area will be seeded with the seed mixture <br />described in Section 2.05.4 as quickly as possible. <br /> <br />4.13-1 <br />