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• 2.05.3 <br />(5) <br />~J <br />• <br />PR-06 <br />~i PPRo~cD <br />~~l s/oz <br />Topsoil <br />Reclamation activities will begin with the salvage of all topsoil material from <br />the facilities area after vegetation cover that would interfere with the use of <br />the topsoil is cleared. Sagebrush, (orbs and grasses will not be cleared prior <br />to topsoil salvage. Oak brush and Pinyon and Juniper trees will be cleared <br />from areas prior to topsoil salvage. Since the area will be reclaimed as <br />rangeland and wildlife habitat and there is no prime farmland in the proposed <br />mining area, all suitable A and B soil horizons will be salvaged. No <br />segregation of the soil horizons will be undertaken and all soil material will <br />be stockpiled. The C soil horizon is not considered suitable for salvage <br />because it is to rocky. <br />Soil samples were obtained during October 1995, September 1998, and <br />October 26, 2000. The results of the laboratory analyses of the soils show <br />that the soils present in the area to be disturbed by mining are suitable plant <br />growth media. Please refer to Exhibit 7 for the results of the laboratory <br />analyses of the soils. <br />Selected overburden materials are not planned to be used for or as a <br />supplement to topsoil. <br />Topsoil was and will be removed by rubber tired scrapers with the assistance <br />of tracked dozers or a front end loader and truck equipment spread. Topsoil <br />material generated from the initial disturbance will be stockpiled in the <br />stockpiles shown on Map No. 15-1. There is also a topsoil stockpile and <br />excess material stockpile at the unit train loadout discussed below. The <br />topsoil stockpile has a capacity of about 270,000 cubic yards. It was <br />estimated that 190,300 cubic yards of topsoil will be salvaged from the <br />facilities area as follows: <br />Topsoil Salvage Volume <br />Soil Type Salvage Area <br />Acres Average <br />Thickness Salvage <br />Volume C.Y. <br />1 39.4 30" 158900 <br />2 5.9 28.3" 22400 <br />3 1.6 34" 7300 <br />2.05 - 35 - 8/01 <br />