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w <br />As discussed in the mine plan, the site is divided into 4 pits. As each pit is being mined, <br />reclamation will occur simultaneously in both the final phases of the previous pit and the <br />excavated phases of the current pit. The previous pit will have final grading of topsoil along with <br />seeding, while the reclamation in the current pit will consist of overburden placement to achieve <br />the desired side-slopes. In this way, reclamation can occur simultaneously with mining, and <br />stockpiles will be kept to a minimum. Initial stripping in Pit 1 will have to be stockpiled due to a <br />lack of an empty pit or phase to place the overburden and topsoil. This material will be <br />stockpiled directly northwest of Pit 1. Any and all stockpiled material will be used to reclaim the <br />pit. The design of the wetland shelves will require more overburden then is stockpiled. This <br />accommodates the initially stripped overburden from Pit 2. Therefore, the remaining pits can be <br />mined without any stockpiles, as all overburden material will simply be moved into the <br />previously excavated phase of the pit for reclamation. As each pit is begun, the newly stripped <br />material is simply placed in the end of the previous pit. The worst case reclamation scenario <br />occurs at the conclusion of mining: the end of Pit 4. This will be a relatively small azea, since the <br />overburden is moved from the current excavation to the immediately previously excavated <br />phase. The reclamation timetable is shown below in Section 2 in Table E-2 and the worst case <br />scenario is calculated in Exhibit L: Reclamation Costs. <br />2. To sp oil replacement <br />Most of the topsoil is not stockpiled, but simply moved from phase to phase during the mining <br />process. However, in the case of the initial mining in Pits 1, topsoil is stockpiled for use aRer <br />completion of mining in that pit. All of this is indicated on Map C-3, the mining plan. <br />The amount of total azea to be topsoiled is wetlands (17.27 acres) and sloped azeas (44.32 acres) <br />= 61.59 acres. Using a replacement thickness of 8 inches, this yields a total topsoil volume <br />needed of 66,240 cy. Table D-1 shows the breakdown of topsoil placement. <br />IS Road Pit February 07 E-2 <br />