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<br />(e) approximate timetable of mining operations--the life of mine of this deposit is approximately <br />fifty years. Due to the highwall mining technique employed, the mining zone including <br />stockpile areas will stay basically in the same area through the life of the mine. While this will <br />keep the mining area in a defined zone with some movement of the working face to the South <br />and Western portions of the mining affected lands, reclamation of the lower reaches of the <br />mining site will not occur until near to the end of the life of mine. Reclamation of the highwall <br />areas as described in the 1995 submittal and resubmitted with this application will reFlect the <br />stormwater drainage and highwall configurations as planned and will be performed as the <br />granite rock highwall producing face is worked back to the affected land boundaries to the west. <br />The stormwater management plan area, however, will be disturbed due to construction and <br />reclaimed via revegetation within the next several months, with subsequent revegetation of the <br />sediment pond outslopes and ground disturbed by construction to be performed within that same <br />time frame. It is anticipated that the mine operator will press for final revegetation oFthe <br />SWMP construction area (30 acres) over the next couple of years and will seek bond <br />removallreductionnver this area within the next five years, since all of the structures to be <br />constructed in this area will be permanent in nature. <br />TIMETABLE ESTIMATES FOR DISTlJRBANCE OF AFFECTED LAND ACREA(;E <br />Area with in affected land bound <br />SWMP(north end) <br />Nighwall Areas (west <br />border areas) <br />Main pit and stockpile <br />Areas <br />acreage Time estimate Sequence: <br />(mining-reclamation) <br />30 1-5 years 1996-2001 <br />20 5-15 years 2005-2020 <br />45 35-50 years 1996-2045 <br />10 <br />