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E;;uzBIT B ~ <br />S <br /> <br />Topsoil varies from 0 - 1'i' and overburden is nn additional 1 - 3' <br />thicl:. Shale denth varies from 25 - 27'. P.emoval of topsoil and over- <br />burden leaves an a~;nreaate deposit of ?~ - 23'. Tl~e iaterial will be <br />used primarily for select fill and base course for projects nearby, at <br />least at the outset of the operation. At some time i7: the future it is <br />possihle that a crustier will be moved in for processing. <br />• Stripping will be conducted with either dozers, front end loaders <br />and scrapers or a combination of them. Tlie affected area caill be a <br />minimum of 50' north of the Arkansas River. Overburden will be stocl~ <br />piled mainly on the west and south perimeters of the pit area,to <br />provide for backsloping material as well as a flood protection bem. <br />Topsoil will be stockpiled at strategic locations on top of the over- <br />burden berm for replacement in the reclamation phase. No provision is <br />being made for backsloping of the north or east pit boundary as future <br />plans are to expand and continue this operation on the balance of the <br />landowned by the applicant that borders on the north and east. Back- <br />sloping and reseeding of these areas would be a futile gesture. <br />Aggregate will be excavated by dragline and trucked to nearby job <br />• sites over eriscing ranch roads to the public highway. Excavation caill <br />begin on the south perimeter with the first pass of the dragline excav- <br />sting the entire west to east ::idth of the defined area. Successive <br />passes will be made with each one moving to the north until extraction <br />is complete. <br />