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The most significant disturbance is advance topsoil removal which must be completed by November 1 <br />of each year in order to allow the overburden removal operation to continue during the winter and wet <br />spring months. The efficient removal of topsoil at Seneca II-W is considered to be virtually impossible <br />during the six-month period from November 1 to May 1 of any given year. Consequently, at the end of <br />any given year, approximately one-third of the coal acreage to be mined during the next year will have <br />been disturbed by topsoil removal activities. The total annual disturbed acreage figures in the table <br />include the coal areas mined and the advance topsail removed areas, as well as the other disturbances <br />including spoil areas, existing and proposed haul roads, power lines, storage yards, and facilities. In <br />order to avoid the confusion created by too many overlapping yearly lines, only the graded areas for <br />each year are shown on the Backfilling and Grading Schedule, Exhibit 19-1 and 19-1A. The facilities <br />includine utility lines, haul roads, drainage and sediment control structures, and the dragline erection <br />pad are illustrated on Exhibits 12-2 and 12-2a and Exhibits 13-1 and 13-1A, and are described in Tab <br />13. The areas of land that will be disturbed through the five-year permit term are shown on Exhibits <br />20-1 and 20-tA. The backfilling and grading schedule is shown on Exhibit 19-1 and 19-1A. <br />Reclamation costs are discussed under Tab 25, Bonding. <br />PR03 5b Revised 7/02 <br />