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<br />~...., <br />;.,. <br />~~ <br />a <br />• <br />IiN I'fED STATES DEPAR'T'MENT ()P AGRICU L7'l1RE <br />;oil Conservation Service Technical Guide <br />Colorado ~ Section IV <br />STANDARDS AND SPGCIPICATIONS <br />Lnnd Reconstruction, Currently Mined 1.anJ (acre) <br />(Cale 544) <br />r. <br />C"a- <br />4y"•t. <br />~~ <br />~^ <br />Ucfinition <br />Nestor ing currently mined land to an acceptable Corm and fora planned use. <br />Scope <br />'Phis sland.+rd applies to t.hc identification, removal, stocF:pil.iny and replace- <br />rcent of soil material:: on currently mined land. It also applies to nearby <br />arias t.haL can be affected by the mininy of various: minerals or r~ommoditics. <br />1'urposc <br />'I'u pruvont. ic~rm,nccnt darecyc to sui 1 and water resources in and near mined <br />areas. '1'o restore the 1,roducLiviLy of soils to'permit their pro-mining <br />use or a more intensive use. To control.. erosion, l,reserve the environment <br />ar~d provide an economic use of the land. <br />U ~ndil.ions whera L,r aclirc appl ics <br />Currently mined areas Llt.tt will be adversely affected by mininy practices. <br />7•lanniny considerations <br />1. with use of a soil :survey, evaluate soils significant to reconstruction <br />operations and idenCify prime-farmland. <br />2. Evaluate water .ucd other slated resources. <br />3. Consider locations. for storayc of soil material, access roads and possible <br />.t <br />,. Consicicr c:car:~:r~., fem. ,:;,.,,~..._.~_ of spoil, ..~tcr disL~.csal,,=cp_ac_.^_... <br />of soil material, resturai.ion of soil l~roduct.ivity and reveyctation of disturbs <br />ar,:.is. <br />L,crmancnt impouncUnc•nt:;. <br />,. I'relarr a recl,a:;~ti..u~ play specif}•iny required procedures for conducting <br />n•;:onstruction cf.ctatiunti. <br />April 1979 <br />