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delivered to the job sites by truck. The haul road from the processing area to [he Highway 13 en- <br />. trance in an existing road approximately 25 feet wide and 1600 feet long. A large portion of this <br />road is not in the permit area and no part of the road is planned for reclamation. <br />Future mining will take place initially in the area east of the existing Berry Pit disturbance and will <br />move to the southern lease (new lease area), as shown on Map C-2. Prior to any mining in the <br />southern lease, the sediment pond will be created in the southwest comer of the disturbed area. This <br />pond will handle the 100 year event from the entire site disturbed area. The southern lease will be <br />mined in strips of 200 feet width, which are numbered from 1 to 4. For the first strip (Strip 1) top- <br />soil will be stripped and placed in Soil Stockpile C to the north in the original Berry Pit area. Any <br />permanent slope cuts will be cut at an angle of 2.SH1.OV. The temporary cuts from Strips 1 and 2 <br />and subsequent strips may be placed at an angle of 1.OH:1.OV. Overburden will also be removed in <br />the same manner and will be isolated from the soil. Overburden from Strip 1 will be placed in two <br />places: 1) the original Berry pit floor to achieve final grade and 2) a permanent backfill immediately <br />west of Strip 1. This backfill area is shown on Map C-2 and will also serve as a visual barrier to the <br />operation. Strip 1 will be mined as shown on Map C-2. Soil and overburden from Strip 2 will be <br />placed in Strip 1. Strip 2 will be mined and the process will be repeated until strip 9 is mined out. A <br />. berm of at least 20 feet in height will be left along the southem edge of the mining area for visual <br />and noise protection for residents. The outside part of the berm will be the original existing slope, <br />and the inside edge will be cut at an angle of 2H:1V. This berm area, Strips 10, 11 and 12, will be <br />the final mining area of the site. Once Strip 9 is mined out, the visual berm will be mined from east <br />to west. Therefore, Strip 10 will be mined, followed by Strip 11 and 12. Again, soil from Strip 10 <br />will be placed in Strip 9, etc. The soil and any desired overburden from the initial Strip 1 that was <br />placed in the original Berry pit area will then be placed in Strip 12 to complete the reclamation of <br />the site. This process is similar to coat mine stripping and has the advantage of keeping the overall <br />disturbed area to a minimum while reclaiming the site as mining progresses. <br />Berry Pit 3/02 <br />