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<br />RECLAMATIOY <br /> <br />After all the coal is taken out of a pit, overburden from the next adjacent pit is ~ <br />backfilled into the previous one. The overburden is then graded and contoured, <br />topsoil is re-deposited, and the area is seeded in the fall of the year. A mixture <br />of grasses, forbs, and shrubs is planted to assure proper forage for wildlife and <br />domestic livestock. An alfalfa grass mix is used on the reclaimed croplands found <br />on the lower slopes. Trapper's primary goal of reclamation is to return the range- <br />land to a habitat suitable to wildlife and domestic livestock, and the cropland to <br />a productive capacity at least equal to premine levels. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL <br />Water Resources: <br />Where possible, surface water above the mining area is diverted around the mine <br />pits. Settling basins have been constructed to control suspended solids in water <br />being discharged from the mine area. <br />Some ground water is encountered in the mine pits. This water meets State Water <br />Quality Standards and is pumped and allowed to continue on through the surface <br />drainage system. <br />Air Resources: <br />Utah International conducted a pre-mine air monitoring program to develop baseline <br />information on the quality of the air in the area of the mining operations. This <br />