PERMFILE116181

• Permit No: M1997054
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Parkdale Project • 2 • Reclamation Permic
1.4 Soil Stockpile Design
Soil stockpiles will be designed to minimize wind and water erosion and will not be
disturbed after stabilization until the soil is to be redistributed on a graded surface.
Stockpiles will be protected from operational disturbances to avoid compaction,
contamination, and to maintain their overall integrity. Signs displaying the word
"Topsoil" will be placed on the stockpiles to protect the material from unnecessary
disturbances and to distinguish them from other waste or product materials.
Stockpiles will assume as low a profile as possible to decrease wind and water erosion
potential and be oriented, along the longitudinal axis, perpendicular to the prevailing
wind direction where logistical conditions allow. When portions of the stockpile are
removed for soil redistribution, removal will take place on the leeward side of the
stockpile to avoid disturbance on the windward side.
1.5 Soil Stockpile Stabilization
Soil stockpiles to remain in place through one or more growing seasons will be
vegetatively stabilized following construction during the first appropriate planting season
using the Soil Stockpile Stabilization Mixture (Table I). During construction, the surface
of the stockpiles will be left in a moderately roughened condition sufficient to retard
erosion yet not inhibit the application of subsequent stabilization techniques.
Immediately following stockpile conswcdon, representative composite soil samples will
be taken from the 0-12 and 12 -24 inches depths of the surface of the stockpile. The
samples will then be sent to a laboratory for fertility analysis. Following the return of
laboratory analysis and fertilizer recommendations, fertilizer will be evenly broadcast
over the stockpile at recommended rates and the seedbed roughened to incorporate the
fertilizer into the seedbed. Seed, at the specified rates, will then be broadcast over the
seedbed. The seedbed will be lightly roughened to cover the seed. The slopes will be
mulched using straw at a rate of 4,000 lbs. per acre or a wood fiber hydromulch at a rate
of 1,500 to 2,000 lbs. per acre. Applied straw mulch will be anchored using a tackifier or
appropriate netting material. The hydromulch will be applied with a tackifier [o provide
for mulch anchoring. On stockpiles with slopes of 2.SH:1V or less, drill or broadcast
seeding techniques may be employed to maximize the potential for stabilization. Applied
straw mulch will be anchored by crimping.
1.6 Overburden Handling
The shallow gravel bar area will be mined by a combination of tracked and rubber-tired
heavy conswcdon equipment including scrapers, dozers, end-loaders and haul wcks.
Where present, overburden will be loosened as necessary by ripping. Overburden will be
removed and transported by either scrapers or a loader and haul wck operation. Where
possible, overburden will be directly placed eliminating creation of stockpiles and double
handling. All overburden will be placed into tills or otherwise used in post-mining
topographic shaping.