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<br />These fill areas will be stripped of topsoil in preparation for receiving overburden <br />fill materials to level the areas surrounding the future pond. This topsoil will be <br />windrowed at the edge of the property for immediate replacement over the filled <br />areas as they are brought to final elevation. <br />The area inside the pit boundaries will be stripped of topsoil to a depth of 10 to <br />24 inches and this material will be stockpiled or eventually sold off-site. The <br />underlying overburden (approximately 3 to 3'/~ feet in thickness) will be used to <br />fill the perimeter areas to final elevation. The surplus (approximately 50,000 <br />cu.yd.) will be used to construct berms on the west, south and east sides of the <br />parcel on the subject property that contains several homes and buildings. These <br />berms will be constructed to minimize visual and noise impacts from the <br />operation for these residents. These berms will be temporary, that is, when <br />mining is complete, the berm material will be pushed into the mine mining to <br />establish a sloped shoreline. <br />The applicant proposes to mine the sand and gravel up to the pit limits and <br />temporarily leave a near vertical wall at this point. These areas will then be <br />backfilled with overburden, processing waste and shale materials excavated from <br />the pit floor to establish a gentle 3:1 sloped shoreline. Given the existence of the <br />slurry cut-off wall around the perimeter of the pit, it will not be necessary to <br />subject this slope reconstruction material to any extraordinary degree of <br />13 <br />