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haul truck loading system [o the facilities. In addition, the mine site entrance was relocated to the <br />east of the original entrance. Coal is currently being exported from the truck loadout facility onto <br />old State Highway 133 and, then, to the Bowie No. 1 Mine train loadout. <br />A drainage and sediment control system has been constructed. The system consists of ditches, <br />culverts, sedimentation ponds and alternate sediment control areas referred to as "small area <br />exemptions". Specific details regarding the designs for these systems are presented in Section <br />2.05, as are references to other sections of the permit application document which present <br />additional design details. <br />All available topsoil has been salvaged and stored prior to facility construction. Salvaged topsoil <br />from the facilities areas was placed in a topsoil storage pile which has a capacity of <br />approximately 270,000 cubic yards. Topsoil which was salvaged prior to the refuse pile <br />construction was stored in another pile which has an approximate storage capacity of 3,1 1 I cubic <br />yards. Specific details regarding the topsoil salvage volumes are presented on Page 2.05-34 of <br />the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application. <br />Some surface blasting occurred during conswction of the facilities. Details regarding the <br />blasting plan are presented within Section 2.05 of the permit application. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is located in areas known [o be subject to mass movement processes. <br />Extensive design efforts and regulatory review were implemented prior to the approval of the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine and during the review of Permit Revision No. 3. The details regarding the <br />geotechnical aspects of the mining and reclamation plan are presented within Volume VII of the <br />permit application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine will be reclaimed to the post-mining land uses of rangeland, wildlife <br />habitat and industrial. All facilities areas and some roads will be reclaimed to reestablish the <br />approximate original contour of the land. All portals, shafts and monitoring wells will be <br />backfilled, in accordance with the applicable rules and with the reclamation details provided <br />within the permit application. Some of the roads which existed prior to mining will be retained to <br />serve the pos[mining land use. <br />Topsoil will be redistributed on all disturbed areas. The soils will be tested for nutrient <br />deficiencies, and fertilizers will be applied as needed. <br />Revege[ation will be implemented using the seed mixes approved. Two permanent seed mixes <br />are proposed and approved. One mix will be applied to areas which were identified as Meadow <br />prior to mining, and another seed mix will be applied to the areas identified as Juniper Woodland <br />and Mixes Shrub communities prior to mining. Mulch will be applied at an approximate rate of <br />4000 pounds per acre. The USDA-FS provided its own reclamation seed mix for disturbed areas <br />on USFS lands. The Division had sttgges[ed the addition of three forbs into the seed mix. <br />However, the USDA-FS declined the suggestion. BRL has accepted the USDA-FS reclamation <br />seed mix, with the knowledge that the reclamation success standards will still apply. <br />IS <br />