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experience at Peabody's Seneca II Mine has shown that scarifying all spoil roads will correct the <br />significant compaction problems. <br />A topsoil resource quality control program will be implemented to insure that topsoil is salvaged and <br />replaced as recommended. The optimum soil salvage depth for each soil map unit will be evaluated on- <br />site by an individual qualified to evaluate field observation tests including soil color, rooting depth, <br />coarse fragment content, horizonation, and clay content. Periodic field inspections will also be made by <br />a soil scientist. Soil samples will be collected to correlate field procedures with laboratory data. <br />Topsoil recovery depths will be recorded on the soil map by the soil scientist to document the actual <br />mean thickness of topsoil recovered. Color photographs of the soil profile and landscape will also be <br />taken to verify topsoil salvage depths. This topsoil salvage depth information will be kept on file at the <br />mine and/or Western Division office. Topsoil recovery depths will be adjusted if warranted by the <br />aforementioned quality control program. <br />The topsoil replacement thickness will be documented and recorded for each reclamation block. The <br />minimum sampling intensity to determine topsoil replacement thickness will be one hole per five acres. <br />This soil replacement thickness information will be used to adjust topsoil salvage depths, if necessary, <br />and for bond release purposes. An annual Topsoil Balance/Spoil Quality Report will be completed to <br />reconfirm topsoil volumes and, if necessary, to readjust topsoil salvage depths through the life-of-mine <br />operation. The report will be submitted to CDMG with the Annual Reclamation Report. <br />Qualitative monitoring for fertility will be done on all reclaimed areas as part of the ongoing revegetation <br />success monitoring during the period of liability. Qualitative monitoring for fertility will include <br />unscheduled visual observations of plant communities throughout the reclamation area. More specific <br />visual observations in conjunction with soil sampling will be conducted at representative revegetation <br />sampling locations. <br />Redistributed topsoil will not be tested for fertility by soil sampling unless obvious problems appear <br />in the reestablished plant community. Obvious problems in the reestablished plant community would <br />include the identification of severe nutrient deficiency symptoms including chlorosis of foliage, irregular <br />spotting, scorching or deformation of leaves, terminal dieback, stunted plants and seedling vigor, <br />emergence, and color. These determinations will be made on an annual basis during peak of green <br />revegetation monitoring. Unscheduled observations would also be performed during periodic <br />evaluations of reclamation stand success, transect selection, or monitoring related to bond release <br />evaluations. <br />PR03 32 Revised 7102 <br />