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CON90LIDATION COAL CO. 10 CH 99-6-R teehaical report and to calculate the average elopes in all three options. Schamber concluded from his study that there was ao aignificaat difference in the overall average elope range for the areas in the three drainage options. The witlieas disagreed with the Respondent's opinion that the Ditch A-1 is 3,000 feet long. It is 1400 feet from the north edge of the want Kadolph tract to whore the drainage leavse the property. Ae agreed that the pre- miniag stream was SDO Peet long. Ditch A-1 is not appreciably deeper from tho bottom of the ditch to the top o! the slope than draiaage would be using the three options auggeeted by Behvm. The present ditch in more narrow in width than it would have been if Caaaolidation had used any a£ the other three alternative loeatioae et~ggeeted. The size of Ditch A-1 is not dietatad by . the amount of water it ie designed to carry but by the fnct that it was cut through a higher material hill sad resultant elopes. This ditch could not carry 40 feet of water without incident (Tr. 222-1T). On crone examination the witneea stated that there were some arses whore the ditch was Porty feat deep from the bottom o£ the ditch to the top of the graded elope (Tr. 119). Snek Simpson, reclamation specialist with OSM, testified oa rebuttal for the Respondent. He had conducted poet-graduate work in plant and soil science. The soil maps used by the Applieaat sad IDl4S reflect the actual elopes of the county is general, but contain a range of, for example, tae to eighteen percent (Tr. 430-31). ' CharleB Sandberg wap recalled for rebuttal. He Eeati£ied that the compariy's application for thick overburden wavier moat have been made is the original permit application. He also stated that Consolidation appeared to have moved its swell to the western aide of the permitted area oa 149. The company wan restricted is its choice of spoil placement by the Eloodplaia and the requirement that they establish wetlands on the site. OSI! reaogaised that Consolidation would want to wove its spoil out of the iloodplain. Oaa o£ its options was to put ~eome spoil back into the incline. The company's tendency to move swell plug the sad cut to the western side exaggerated the situation oa the west. The witaeae testified that Coaaolidatioa should have taken the virgin woodland sad high rack oontant into account in its original application. Tha compnay should not have bean surprised by these factors. He also admitted that hie estimate of Ditch A- 1 being 3,OOD feat long had been as .error. Even sor the ditch does not closely resemble what existed oa the land pre-mining . (Tr. 134-49r 55).