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01i23i89 12:41 '8` 303 990 1063 COLORADO LIEN CO ~ 06 <br />•. ... • <br />v <br />~~~ <br />~, <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />Soil Conservation Service Technics! Guide <br />Colorado Section IV <br />STANDARDS AND SPECIFZCATZONS <br />Land Reconstruction, Currently Hined Land (acre) <br />(Code 544) <br />Definition <br />Restoring currently mined land to an acceptable form and for a planned use. <br />Scope ' <br />This standard applies to the identiPieation, removnl, stockpiling and replace- <br />ment of soil materials on currently mined land. It also applies to nearby <br />areas that can be affected by the mining of various minerals or commodities. <br />Purpose <br />To prevent permanent damage to soil and water resources in and neat mined <br />areas. To restore the productivity of soils to permit their pro-mining <br />use or a more intensive use. To control eroaio», preserve the environment <br />and provide an economic use of the lnnd. <br />conditions where practice applies <br />Currently mined areas that will be adversely affected by mining practices. <br />Planning considerations <br />1. With use of a soil survey, evaluate soils significant to reconstruction <br />operations and identify prime farmland. <br />2. Evaluate water and other selatad resources. <br />3. Consider locations for storage of soil material, access roads and possible <br />peru~anent impoundments. <br />4. Consider measures for placement of spoil, water disposal, replacement <br />of soil material, restoration of soil productivity and revegetation of disturb. <br />are$6. <br />5. Prepare a reclamation plan specifyi»q required procedures for conducting <br />reconstruction operations. <br />~N~ <br />G ~ ~ April 1979 <br />