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ripped prior to replacement of topsoil, and revegetated in accordance with Task 7. A. Orphan Pit Reclamation of the 125-foot diameter, 30-foot deep Orphan Pit and the associated 30-foot high, 400-foot long highwall to 2:1 (H:V) will be backfilled with 20,000 cubic yards (Map 2A and Exhibit 1) from an area 600 feet north of the pit and highwall. The current configuration of the area is shown by Map 3; the final configuration by Map 4. Backfilling must extend to the top of the highwall-on the west side of the pit. No highwall reduction or disturbance above this highwall shall take place. Rough graded. slopes shall not be steeper the 2:1 (h:v). The high point (point area) between the two low areas may need to be reduced to blend with the remainder of the grading work at the direction of the PROJECT MANAGER. An eight-foot (8') wide trapezoidal Swale with 2:1 (H:V) sideslopes 2.5 feet wide shall be established down the slope immediately south of the 400-foot highwall, and down the slope created by the cut providing most of the fill for the Orphan Pit. A contour furrow should be established mid-slope on all 2:1 (H:V) sideslopes. Topsoil Salvage and redistribution requirements are described in Task 6. B. Duck Pond Pit There are two, 25-foot wide roadways which require reclamation following completion of work in the Orphan Pit. Both run south from County Road 93 (aka Curby Ranch Road) from near the Tipple. Road I is approximately 2600 feet long, and Road II is 1000 feet long. (Map 2A). Coal waste should be removed from the surface of the roadways and placed in the Duck Pond Pit. The roads should be ripped with a 3-foot ripper, prior to seedbed preparation. The Duck Pond Pit was opened in the mid-seventies. Reclamation will produce side lopes gentler than 2.5:1 (H:V) and will re- establish the drainage channel running west to east through the area. Backfilling of the Duck Pond Pit will be accomplished with coal waste on the bottom, followed by red clinker material and then covered with spoil from the Weckerling spoil pile. Roughly 800 cy of red clinker material shall be removed and placed in the Duck Pond Pit (See Exhibit 1). Following removal of red clinker, the area shall be ripped prior to topsoil replacement (stated in Task 6). Approximately 1500 cubic yards of concrete, coal waste, and miscellaneous metal and fiberglass debris will be moved 2800 feet south from the tipple pond area to the Duck Pond Pit. Surface mining related debris near the Orphan Pit will also be collected for burial and placed in the Duck Pond Pit. Approximately 2100 -1a-