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v • • James L. Schmieding 15 June 1979 Project No. 0057-24-02-01 Page 2 b. A minimum of six inches of topsoil will be put back on after the landfill is complete and the area regraded. c & d. Due to the varied reclamation plans for each removal area and the intermediate use of these areas as overburden storage as explained in Exhibit D there will not be a definite number of acres reclaimed each year. Since it is planned to reclaim Area 1 as pasture, this area cannot be reseeded until it is filled to an elevation above the groundwater table. In order to control dust every six months the portion of Area 1 that is filled above the groundwater table will be reseeded until the entire area is reclaimed except the settling pond. Area 2 will remain an open pit which will be pumped so that it may be used as a landfill. It also will be reseeded in six month intervals by Coulson Excavating, Inc. as the area is filled in by the City of Loveland. If approval is not gained from the State Health Department for use as a landfill, Area 2 will also be reclaimed as a pond. In which case, every six months the banks created by the excavation will be graded and seeded to control fugitive dust. Areas 3 and 4 are planned to be left as ponds, therefore the banks of these pits will be graded and seeded in 6 month intervals just as the alternate plan for Area 2. An average of approximately 2 acres of either pit bank or actual pit area will be reclaimed each year. The final reclamation which includes filling in of the settling pond, reseeding it and the equipment area, planting of Siouxland Poplar trees and general clean up will be completed within a year after all mining is completed. Thus, the total mining and reclamation time will be sixteen years. e. There is no real way to estimate when the City of Loveland will complete its use of Area 2 as a landfill. The Street and Alleys Dept. of the City of Loveland indicated they will probably not need the fill site for approximately eight years which correlates closely to the estimated time Area 2 will be available as a landfill site. The site may well be filled at or near the completion date of the mining operation. In the event that the fill operation has not been completed 6y that time, a technical revision will be submitted to the Mined Land Reclamation Board. The ultimate responsibility for reclamation will be Coulson Excavating Company. I am enclosing a letter from the Assistant to the Director of Public Works which states the agreement between Coulson Excavating Company and the City of Loveland, Colorado.