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RECLAMATION PLAN (CONT) <br />ax®® Apazn 2002 <br />Exr+lelr E <br />that are not suitable for salvage are on slopes steeper than <br />2.Sh:ly while salvageable soils occur on slopes of 2.5h:1v or <br />3h:lv and less. Vegetation growth will be assumed to be a better <br />indicator of soil salvageability than slope gradient. <br />Soils will be salvaged to a depth of approximately 6 to 12 <br />inches. The actual material will determine the depth of salvage. <br />Large rocks (4" or larger), unless composing more that 608 to 708 <br />of the volume, will not be removed. Unless so abundant that the <br />surface appears to be rip-rapped, the mulch value of such rocks <br />is very great. it provides local, high moisture environments, <br />shade for seedlings, protection from drying winds, and a reduced <br />loss of soil moisture through evaporation. <br />The operator plans on a final soil surface that will have no <br />more than about 308 to 408 coverage by rocks larger than 4 <br />inches. Salvageable soil will be stripped and stockpiled in the <br />immediate area, within Phase I. Establishment of a soils stock- <br />pile in the immediate area to be reclaimed will control the cost <br />of respreading. As excavation continues toward the east and <br />southeast, soil stockpiles will be established on the mine floor <br />as frequently as necessary. The soil stockpile locations are not <br />shown on the map because they change as mining progress, but they <br />will be within Phase I. At the current time soil is stored in <br />the backfill area where the new road will be built. <br />The following text breaks this amendment into 4 areas and <br />discusses how each will be reclaimed using the same basic plan <br />approved at this time. Figure E-2 on page 23 is terrain view <br />looking north from I-70, showing how the site will look when <br />reclamation is complete. <br />16 <br />