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-8- <br />The mining plan for the current active pit (Pit 4) is similar to previous <br />pits. Mining will progress updip with a sequence of boxcuts. Overburden will <br />be moved by scrapers, and front end loaders. Four coal seams will be <br />extracted at Pit 4, to a maximum depth of 63 feet. <br />Final reclamation will entail backfilling to achieve approximate original <br />contour, topsoiling and reseeding. Backfilling, topsoiling, and reseeding are <br />done concurrently with mining; the final pit will be reclaimed with material <br />excavated from the initial boxcut. <br />The reclamation plan has been designed to comply with surface owner desires <br />and specific aspects of the plan such as retention of roads and final <br />revegetation, reflect surface owner (Bogle Farms) requests. <br />