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_2_.05.3(5) Topsoil Removal and Storage (Continued) <br />• Initial topsoil removal will be from the flat area, between <br />the stream bed and old underground workings to the west, in the <br />initial, or Phase 1, of the mining operation. The area is up to <br />200' wide, but averages approximately 700' length by 125' wide <br />and will be the initial site of mining. This volume of topsoil <br />to be removed measures et a miminum 700' X 125' X 1.25' _ <br />109,375/27 4,051 yards and will be moved by trunk or scraper <br />to the stockpile storage as shown on Exhibit KK. The stockpile <br />storage measures 0.97 acre in size, and the stockpiled materiel, <br />if occupying the entire area, would have a height of 2.58 feet: <br />For convenience in storage and stabilization by seeding file <br />topsoil can be shaped into an area measuring 200 feet X 1UU feet <br />with a height of 5 1/2 feet. <br />As mining progresses the overburden removed and replaced <br />will be covered with topsoil removed in advance of further <br />stripping, thereby allowing the initial topsoil stockpile to <br />remain undisturbed until it is needed at the end of the Phase 1 <br />mining operation. <br />The same method will be employed during the Phase 2 <br />operation east of Enyleville Gulch beginning with the topsoil <br />located at the south end of the pit. As both phases of the <br />mining operation progress the applicant will strive to replace <br />15 inches of topsoil, and any topsoil mined in excess of this <br />thickness will be placed in the topsoil storage. Any excess <br />topsoil stored will be spread over un-seeded areas in order to <br />clean up the storaye area at the completion of the mining <br />• 2 <br />Rev. 04/05/90 <br />