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<br />GEC Minerals, Inc. anticipates using similar equipment for its <br />expected expansion through 1985. Coal production is listed in <br />Table 2.05-1 by year end for the total (5) year period. The <br />existing equipment is shown in Table 2.05-2, Equipment List. <br />The process as described above is repeated for each of the four <br />or five seams which are planned to be mined within the permit <br />area. The backfill area progresses immediately behind the lowest <br />coal seam which has been mined in conjunction with the progression <br />of the pit area. GEC Minerals, Inc. plans to utilize a tem or _ <br />overburden stockpile adjacent to the area to be mined during the <br />period 1982 to 1985. Material from this overburden stockpile will <br />be used in 1985 to backfill the final pit. Additional overburden <br />from 1982 and 1983 will be hauled to the final pit which was dug <br />near the Western permit boundary in 1982. Upon completion of the <br />backfill the area will be graded to approximate original contour as <br />• shown on the Post-Mining Topography Map No. 23 and the associated <br />Cross Sections Map No. 25 and No. 26. Overall operations of the <br />mine plan are expected to occur in five (5) benches, one for each <br />seam, approximately 100 feet wide and one backfill area as graphically <br />shown on Map No. 16, Mine Plan Cross Section. <br />The backfilling process which occurs concurrently with the mining <br />operation is the initial point of reestablishing the area to the <br />approximate original contour. Upon completion of the dump to the <br />previously designed elevation, the dump will be graded utilizing <br />large crawler tractors. Where possible the area will be graded <br />along the contour to decrease the erosion potential and enhance the <br />efficiency of the grading operation. The graded areas will be left <br />in a rough condition to minimize wind and water erosion. Upon <br />completion of the grading process, subsoil and topsoil will be <br />distributed on the areas to be reclaimed. Topsoil and subsoil <br />depths will be similar to those originally found within the area <br />as shown on Topsoil Handling Maps 19 and 20. A permanent and <br />• diverse vegetative cover will be established on the topsoiled areas <br />2.05-7 <br />