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Somerset Mining Company, now Oxbow Mining, LLC., conducted a detailed soil survey and <br />vegetation survey of the azeas to be affected by development of the Sanborn Creek portals, haul <br />road and conveyor facilities. These surveys indicated that approximately 8,850 cubic yards of <br />soil could be salvaged from these areas and that vegetation in the portal azea and along the <br />conveyor haul road corridor was substantially the same as the surrounding vegetative types. Soil <br />salvaged from these areas will be used for reclamation activities. However, soil on the Sanborn <br />Creek disturbance will not necessazily be replaced to the same original thickness, as discussed in <br />the Topsoil section below. <br />U.S. Steel conducted a vegetative survey of unaffected ]and adjacent to the surface-disturbed <br />azeas for the purpose of developing a reclamation plan for the surface-disturbed area. A native <br />seed mix has been approved which is representative of the adjacent unaffected lands. The <br />surface will be returned to rangeland and wildlife habitat which is the present status of adjacent <br />lands and the.pre-mining land use of the disturbed azea. <br />13 <br />