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• Reclamation of sediment ponds 3, 4 and 5 shall be accomplished after <br />successful revegetation is assured. Sufficient yardage exists in the berms <br />of the ponds to provide the fill needed to reclaim the ponds. A bulldozer <br />shall be used to push the berms into the ponds and bring the local area back <br />to approximate original contours. <br />During final reclamation the Hubbard Creek Crossing will be removed. <br />The material backfilled around the culvert will be graded into the road cut <br />on the east sides of the Creek. Dozers and excavators shall be used to accomplish <br />this work. <br />Areas for reclamation were calculated as follows: <br />Bench stabilization 3.4 acres <br />Initial Reclamation - portal bench, <br />bench access road, lower stockpile, <br />scale locations at the mine site and <br />by the highway and Pond No. 1 13.0 acres <br />. Final Reclamation - Pond Nos. 3, 4 and <br />5, Pond No. 1 access road and the <br />Hubbard Creek Crossing 1.2 acres <br />Because the so 11 surveys conducted on the site indicate that the existing <br />disturbed soils are suitable plant growth media, and because the disturbed <br />area is less than 40 acres, the Blue Ribbon Mine will be reclaimed and revegetated <br />using existing materials with sufficient amendments to achieve adequate re- <br />establishment of vegetation to meet the requirements of the CMLRD and the land- <br />owner's postmining land use objectives (wildlife habitat). When the surfaces <br />are regraded to approximately their final contour, at lease one soil sample per <br />• <br />109 (Rev. 3/21/86) <br />