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• 2.05.4 Reclamation Plan (2) (d) (Cont'd) and the lower 12" was stored as subsoil as also recommended by the Division. The storage areas were seeded the following fall. During July, 1983, 24" of topsoil was stripped from the initial portion of the West Ridge waste disposal pile. The topsoil was stored nearby and utilized throughout the year for construction of the soil berme around the waste diepoeal pile. Subsoil which was excavated during construction of the waste diepoeal pile was also stored nearby and utilized for construction of berme. Soils were resampled prior to the expansion of the West Ridge waste disposal area and a sieve analysis performed. Based on the results of the sieve analysis, 8" to 9" of topsoil were stripped and will be replaced on the remainder of the Weet Ridge waste disposal area. Future enlargement of the waste diepoeal area will follow procedures outlined in the Proposed Topsoil Handling Procedures. See the Soils-Tests Appendix in Volume 9 for more information. Once it is decided the temporary R-O-M stockpile is no longer required, the area will be reclaimed. The area will be cleared of the R-O-M coal and the plant growth media redistributed over the site. This reclamation will be considered interim because the material that forms the base of the temporary R-O-M stockpile will be utilized during final reclamation to backfill • the mine fan level and portal level. The area will be reshaped / to approximate original contours. Plant growth media will be J\ redistributed over the site. The area will be seeded with the permanent seed mixture presented in Section 2.05.4(2)(e)(ii). Sedimentation pond Noe. one through four, the timber storage area pond, coal stockpile pond, train loadout pond and the west mine diversion ditch were constructed in 1978 and 1979. Topsoil was salvaged and redistributed over nearby areas following construction. Node 22 (Borehole 7) was installed during the fall of 1981. Topsoil was salvaged from the borehole site and redistributed over the area following construction. Eight inches of topsoil was salvaged from the sewer water holding pond site and distributed over the pond outslopes following construction during August, 1982. The pond was constructed to contain effluent from the sewage treatment plant, allowing the waste disposal pond and sedimentation pond Noe. three and four to dry for cleaning. Due to a failure in the outslope above the main diversion ditch, the cut was reconstructed during October, 1982. Ten inches of topsoil was salvaged from a 0.22 acre area at the crest of the cut and stockpiled on the fan level. As the auxiliary diversion ditch was constructed on the fill elopes of the fan level, no • topsoil was available for salvage. TR-028 66 Rev. 10-18-96 T,2-z g~ RN -0 3 !)PPRov60 iz~/y~9Y