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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />the area to be disturbed. Stockpile protection will be provided <br />by planting with the following mixture. <br />Species Rate (lbs/acre, broadcast) <br />Fairway Crested Wheatgrass 8 <br />Intermediate Wheatgrass 8 <br />Yellow Sweetclover 1.4 <br />Total 17.4 <br />Mining Plan. Mining will begin in Stage 1 and progress <br />south and east through Stages 2 and 3. Mining in each stage <br />will be complete before moving to the next stage. <br />The soil salvage program the operator intends to follow <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />is described below: <br />There are sufficient topsoil resources available on the <br />site to permit a selective soil salvage system. A selective <br />system takes the approach of (1) saving only those soils which <br />will be most beneficial to reclamation, and (2) spoiling the <br />poorer quality soils along with the overburden. The system <br />requires that (a) there be more total soil available than <br />is actually needed, (b) the overburden not have any serious <br />adverse growth characteristics, (c) the soils range from good <br />to poor, and (d) the distribution of salvageable soil be such <br />that long hauls are not necessary. Obviously, many mines <br />cannot use this system, but this mine fits these four criteria. <br />Exhibit I includes a table called a soil budget. The <br />table indicates how much soil is expected to be obtained from <br />each soil unit shown on the soil map. The depths are simply <br />estimates and in some cases may be quite conservative. For <br />example, in the Deep Loam the estimated mean depth of salvage <br />8 <br />