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The site will use all existing roads to haul [he product to its final destination. It is planned that the <br />material maybe used to re-surface existing roads, make concrete aggregate or provide new road base <br />for any new roads within an economic distance to the site. <br />5. Topsoil and Overburden Handling <br />The Berry Pit was begun prior to initiation of reclamation of reclamation laws in 1977 and for most <br />of the disturbance of the original lease area, 29.8 acres, topsoil and overburden were stripped to- <br />gether. Stockpiles were made on the north end of the permit area. These stockpiles cover an area of <br />approximately 2.3 acres with an average thickness of 13 feet, therefore the storage volume is <br />1,302,000 cubic feet or 48,238 cubic yards. These piles are labeled Stockpiles A and B on Map C-2. <br />These stockpiles will be used to reclaim the entire disturbed area of the original lease. This will re- <br />sult in an average thickness of 1.0 feet. <br />The remainder of mining area of the original lease (east side) that requires topsoil stripping is ap- <br />proximately 1.56 acres. For this area, topsoil will be stripped to a depth of 20-24 inches per the rec- <br />ommendations of the local NRCS office. The full recommendations of the NRCS are given in Ap- <br />pendix D. This topsoil will be placed in a stockpile as shown on Map C-2. This volume is 1.56 acres <br />x average depth of 20 inches = 2097 cubic yards. This stockpile is labeled Stockpile C on Map C-2. <br />The average thickness of overburden in this area is approximately 8 feet. The overburden from this <br />area (20,000 cubic yards) will be placed on the pit bottom immediately to the west so that final grade <br />can be achieved in this area. <br />For future mining of the new lease area, topsoil will be stripped from Strip 1 and placed in the same <br />stockpile C for the 1.56 acre remaining area for the existing lease. This area is 4.66 acres and will be <br />stripped to an average depth of 12 inches since part of this area is Soil Type 11 which is only <br />strippable to a depth of 4-6". Therefore, the total volume from Strip 1 is 7518 cubic yards. Therefore, <br />Stockpile C will contain 7518 + 2097 = 9615 cubic yards. Overburden is approximately 8 feet thick <br />in Strip 1 and this material will be placed in the original Berry pit to achieve final grade. <br />Berry Pit 3/02 11 <br />