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As the operation proceeds, fines from the processing plant will be used to provide a substitute <br />topsoil on all previously disturbed and unreclaimed azeas. This amount will be no less than 2-3 <br />inches. When virgin azeas aze mined, all topsoil will be stripped and either immediately replaced <br />on the previous cuts in reclamation or will be stored in topsoil stockpiles which will be immedi- <br />ately stabilized with vegetation and will later be used in reclamation of the site. <br />At the end of the mining life, the following equipment will be dismantled and hauled off site: <br />• processing plant <br />• all fuel tanks <br />• shop building <br />• piping, portable conveyors, pumps, etc. <br />• camp trailers <br />The power poles will remain for the post-mining land use. The smoothing of the fmal cut lake, <br />the sediment pond azea and the processing area will then take place, and all remaining disturbed <br />azeas will be topsoiled. <br />It is expected that the following acreage will require smoothing at the end of the mine life: <br />- 8.5 acres of processing azea (Assume 15,000 cy) <br />- 5.5 acres azound final pit lake (Assume 26,000 cy} <br />- 1.5 acres miscellaneous disturbance in tank storage azea, etc. (Assume 4,000 cy) <br />- 2.5 acres azound Pond #2 area and fill Pond #2 (5,800 cy) <br />- 6001ineaz feet of 8' high berm along Highway 9, spread over 2.0 acres, (2,840 cy) <br />Total azea to be smoothed or graded: 20.0 acres. The total volume to be moved in smoothing <br />(grading) is 53,640 cy. <br />It is expected that all of the azea smoothed will be topsoiled in addition to the camp azea of 3.4 <br />acres, therefore, the total to be topsoiled is 23.4 acres. This acreage is also the total to be seeded <br />and mulched at the end of the mine life. <br />Alma Placer 7/03 39 <br />