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y • <br />f <br />i <br />Mr. Al Martino -2- November 28, 1984 <br />2. What is the planned location of the plant and product stockpile areas? <br />If these items are to be moved around the area from time to time, please note <br />this (as distinct from one specific location). <br />3. Please give some further details as concerns the handling of possible <br />fines produced by processing and preserved as needed growth medium. The <br />following questions should be considered: <br />a. Where will these fines be stockpiled on the permit area? <br />b. How will these fines be stabilized against wind and water erosion? <br />Planting them (during periods when they will not be regularly <br />augmented) with a perennial grass cover crop would be one good way of <br />stabilizing any such stockpiles. Please clarify your plans in this <br />regard. <br />c. I am concerned about the handling of these fines (if any) because <br />they are, as your application states, very important to revegetation <br />success. <br />Exhibit D <br />1. Wildlife: Given the presently disturbed status of this area, I agree <br />that the impacts on wildlife should be minimal. However, the Division of <br />Wildlife may have some valuable suggestions on methods to be used to <br />efficiently exploit any seeps for wildlife usage. If you can give me an idea <br />of when the review from the Division of Wildlife will be available, I will <br />suggest that the Board stipulate the permit to the effect that this review <br />will be submitted to us within a set period of time after permit issuance and <br />that you, the operator, agree to incorporate into your permit any reasonable <br />suggestions that they may make in that review. <br />2. Water Resources: Has consideration been yiven to any shallow ponding <br />of water that may occur due to seeps? Will pond areas be constructed, or will <br />the seeps merely be allowed to flow through the area in some controlled way <br />(with thought given to stabilization against later erosion due to such flow)? <br />Once the remaining gravel is removed, these seeps may not disappear back into <br />the ground as easily as they formerly did. <br />Exhibit E <br />1. Given the fact that fines materials will probably not be available for <br />use on the pit slopes and that revegetation is to be attempted on these <br />slopes, 3:1 slopes would probably be more successfully reclaimed than 2:1 <br />slopes. We would suggest the use of the gentler final slopes in reclamation. <br />2. Given the presence of shale under the gravels to be removed, the need <br />for rooting material for plant growth is vital. Typically, shale does not <br />provide a good medium for either water holding or plant rooting. What are <br />your plans for leaving some gravel for plant rooting on site (whether or not <br />fines are available for reclamation)? I suggest that a minimum of 12 inches <br />of gravel be left over the underlying shale to provide some depth of medium <br />for plant rooting and water uptake. <br />