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iii iiiiiiiiniiiiii <br />Doc Date:12/1712001 <br />TAB 19 <br />• S ~• <br />TOPSOIL HANDLING PLAN <br />Introduction <br />The Hayden Culch coal loadout and rail facility was constructed during Fall 5977 to 1979. <br />The former permit, No. C-80-003, was successfully renewed in 1987 end 1992, although the <br />loadout has not been operated for several years. <br />The Hayden Gulch permit, No. C-80-003, indicated topsoil would be replaced once facilities <br />had been dismantled and the land recontoured to blend into the surrounding topography. <br />Bond calculation figures approved for the facilities on April 4, 1985 indicated about six <br />inches of topsoil (40,000 cubic yards distributed over 54 acres) would be replaced on the <br />railroad and loadout facilities. <br />The following Nayden Gulch Terminal, Inc. topsoil handling plan, based predominantly upon <br />the topsoil evaluation contained in Tab 9 and secondarily on reclamation plans approved <br />for the Seneca II-N tie-across haul road (Permit C-82-057), was developed to ensure that <br />• the most suitable topsoil within the disturbance area is used for final reclamation. The <br />management plan evaluates the topsoil resources, recommends salvage depths, describes <br />techniques used to salvage, store, and redistribute topsoil, and specifies an average <br />redistribution thickness. Also ineluded are discussions on maintenance or testing <br />procedures needed to restore [he disturbed areas to the desired lend use. <br />Evaluation of Toosoil Resource <br />The current limits of soil disturbance within the permit area ere shown on Exhibits 9-1 <br />end 17-1. No additional land disturbances associated with operation of the loadout <br />facility are anticipated. Post operational disturbances associated with final grading and <br />reclamation are shown on Exhibit 17-i. <br /> Topsoil resources in the permit area exist on the railroad embankment cut end fill slopes, <br /> in Stockpiles 1, 2 and 3, and within the undisturbed soil types es shown on Exhibit 9-1, <br /> Soil Types, Samples Sites, end Topsoil Stockpiles. The ar ea of each map unit identified <br /> in the permit area (Exhibit 9.1) is listed in Table 19-1. Topsoil quality is Benerelly <br />• good, es described in the Topsoil Evaluation report, Tab 9, Attachment 9-1, and the <br /> 1 <br />