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- -. <br />fable D-(+ <br />Arw <br />(acres) TS OB <br />Volume Volume <br />1yd31 (yd3) '.Material <br />needed to <br />Reclaim <br />_(yd31 Percent OB <br />&"TS used <br />for <br />reclamation <br />Pit I 30.71 33.030 ~ 155 x)16 161,45' <br />Pit ? 31.10 33,449 192,566 209,532 <br />I'it ? >5.10 59,263 I.IrI6,754 64,031 <br />Pit 4 75.19 RO,R71 l,(iD8 <)29 68,435 <br /> 191.7 2(16,613 ' 3, 154,16(1 475.102 I $°,''o <br />-- Table D-6 shows a balance of the topsoil and overburden stripped versus the amount of topsoil <br />-- and overburden used in the reclamation of the Pit. The culwnns which simply state TS and OB <br />_ _ Volumes arc fur the amounts oftopsoil and overburden stripped from each phusc. "The culunut <br />titled Material Needed to Reclaim is the minimum amount of material which is required tiff the <br />-_- rc-clamatiun of that pit. Note that Pits 3 & 4 have very low amounts of material ne~ied to <br />ruclaim area. "Phis occurs since the crealiun of wetland shch cs in 1'it I accommodates must of <br />- the wctlund creation needed. As such, the: remaining pia require overburden and topsoil only to <br />--. achieve 3H: I V slopes. The remaining overburden can be placed in the hil:e hottoms. This plan <br />_ _ insures that there is more than enough overburden and topsoil available to reclaim us well as <br />_ _ generate additional wetlands. <br />It is imptmant to note that the initial permit of 2002 contemplated moving overburden Rum the <br />nurthem portion of the permit area to the south, placing material in the tkwdplatn in order to <br />create commercial pad sites. It was agreed that this could only be done once a lluutlplain study <br />was conducted and approved ti+r this activity, TI»s 2(N)li Amendment nn longer utilizes tilling in <br />the Floudplain. Pad sites will be created by leaving a maximum of 20 pillars of unmined gravel in <br />Pits 3 and 4 above the 111(1 year tloodplain.'Therc will be no pcmtanent backtilling ahovc <br />existing terrain anywhere in the pemtit area. <br />topsoil Stockpile <br />- I'++psoil will not have a+ be stockpiled to a great extent during the life of the mine. The topsoil <br />- • that is removed in a phase ot'mining can be used w reclaim the previously excavatvil phase, <br />r~ moving the need for any special topsoil stockpile. "Topsoil set aside at the start ul' Pit I can be <br />IS Road Prt Fi~hruur-t U' D-8 <br />