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• WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVII20NMENTAL QUALITY <br />LAND QUALTTY DIVISION <br />GUIDELINE NO. 1 <br />TOPSOIL AND OVERBURDEN <br />This document is a guideline only. Its contents aze not to be interpreted by applicants or DEQ staff <br />as mandatory. Its preparation is the result of numerous requests from applicants who expressed a need <br />for a checklist to assist them in preparation of a comprehensive initial application containing all required <br />information. Alternate programs should be cleared with DEQ -Cheyenne before use to avoid delays in <br />pemut approval. <br />Introduction <br />The guideline is in the following format: <br />Section I - Topsoil Resource Assessment <br />Section II - Geology, Overburden, Interburden, and Mineral <br />Assessment <br />• Section III - Pre-Mining and Post-Mining Topographic (Slope) <br />Assessment <br />Section N - Post-Mining Fertility Assessment and Regraded <br />Overburden Monitoring and Suitability Assessment <br />Section V - References <br />Appendix I - Pazameters, Analytical Procedures and Suitability Criteria <br />for Topsoil and Overburden Analyses and Evaluation <br />Appendix II - Topsoil Volume Calculation Example <br />Appendix III - Overburden Volume Calculation Example <br />Appendix N - Definitions <br />Appendix V - Report Outline with Table and Data Formats <br />APPENDIX VI - Selenium in spoils o~pland areas and ephemeral <br />drainages for surface coal mines. (The information <br />supplied in this appendix supersedes the selenium <br />criteria listed elsewhere in this guideline) <br />Unknown/11-84 <br />. Rules Update/8-94 <br />