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NININ6 PLAN Typically, during the first couple of years, at Ieast, there is little opportunity for reclamation because the operational area is expanding to a point where the various activities can comfortably be conducted without interference by one another. Assuming the processing and stockpiling requires a minimum of 15 acres and another 25 acres is needed for extraction and access to the extraction area, then a minimum operational area of 40 acres is needed. It would follow that when the minimum area is reached reclamation wand begin. I-bwever, this is idealized and assumes flat land conditions and a linear pattern to the operational system. If variable topography or non-linear operations (multiple extraction areas to produce different types of products) are necessary the minimum amount of land can increase considerably. To provide some guide for judging when contemporaneous reclamation is occurring, it is suggested the minimum operational area be established at 60 acres. In most cases, this will be more than adequate but in some instances where long haulage from the working face to the plant is necessary or two or three working faces are needed to supply needs this amount could be insufficient. Another way to state it would be that whenever a particular parcel of land is no longer needed for operations then that land will be placed under reclamation. This says the same thing as the minimum operational area, but is more flexible for the company in adjusting the interfacing of reclamation and operations. It is usually evident when mined land is no longer needed for extractim or other purposes. It is preferred that this definition be used rather than the minimum operatimal area definition. However, the minimum operational area definition still provides a guide as to how much land is normally needed to conduct the operation. Page 10