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i <br />The anticipated depth of soil medium to be salvaged f.rcxn the proposed sedi- <br />meat pond is four feet. The depth of: topsoil. to be used .in the mclrunatl.on <br />of the sediment pond will be twenty inches. Ina },ecsonal conversation with <br />the Soil Conservation Service, Doug Ramsey and I discUSSed the depth of the <br />topsoil in the introduced pasture type soil. This soil is known specifically <br />as transitional between V4-CD and soil type N2-E. It has been dete«nined by <br />the SCS that the V4-CD soil type can be trns of feet thick but in the case of <br />r.his transitional soil environment, topsoil depth is probably limited to the <br />first six feet. Tire Soil Conservation Snr.~ice has also noted favorable con- <br />ditions for reclaiming when the depth of topsoil .cplac~d in this transi- <br />tional envirormrent is lxt,veen 20 to '4 inches thick. There Fore, Blue Flank: <br />Coal Mine w~i11 c:cavate 40 inches r.,f tensnil d~:ring constLUCtion, will stock- <br />pile the soil rn~rkinq it with wooden costs painted red and will Chen reclaim <br />tine sediment }~ond with "10 inches of thn Sniti:,]ly mlrr,v~d topsoil, leaving <br />t':e rest for incoc~:oration into the torsi rec: ~itirlion pLJ,. <br />In order to meet ti:e requirements for establishing revegetation success cri- <br />teria for Blue Flame Coal Mine we adopt the success criteria the Division <br />lws provided. Blue Flame Coal Mine is grateful for your help. <br />F~vegetation Success Criteria <br />The standard for herbacious cover is 30~ to be measured either by ocular <br />estLr>ates using a one rrnter square cover quadrant or by the point intercept <br />method. <br />• '1'ik s[,~ndatYl for hcrb~icious pr.~~9uct.ivity i:, ~i00 },nnnrL; per .Here of dry bio- <br />rruss n~asurcd [hreugh the u:;e of the harvest method via one cubic meter quad- <br />rru~ts. <br />'i'he stand~zY] for woody plant density is n minirmun of L00 stem; per acre. <br />The standa~•-d for species diversity using species car.}xsition approach is as <br />listed hc]us: <br />Sruicies <br />Grasses <br />Cool `;c 15011 <br />Warn S'c.750n <br />Forbs <br />Shn:bs <br />Itoc~u icemen t <br />2 <br />2 <br />2 <br />• No sine le sneci~a shall be reE~resented by nr,.rc Upon 4~•~, relative cover or <br />less tttinn 3d _rlntiver•.ovar. Once n~7nin, 111uc 1'l,~sc Cc~.it Mine a}:prrciates <br />your help in this n~itter. <br />• <br />