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• <br />A. OVERBURDEN PLAN. As stated, overburden will be replaced back into the <br />"moving quarry" 2 to 5 years after start of quarry operations. The cross <br />section on the previous page indicates that a maximum depth of 150' will be <br />the deepest fill to be replaced. <br />B. FINAL SLOPES. No final reclaimed slope will be steeper than 3 1. They <br />will be closer to 6:1. <br />C. NO REVEGETATION. Because there is no evidence of existing vegetation <br />or existence of vegetation supporting materials on the affected land, no <br />revegetation will be attempted as part of the reclamation plan. See USDA <br />Soil Conservation report Exhibit I . <br />D. PONDS. STREAMS. ROADS & BUILDINGS. There are no ponds, streams, <br />buildings, or improved roads on the affected land. The existing unimproved <br />roads on top of the existing overburden pile covering the proposed quarry will <br />not be preserved during reclamation. <br />E. TREATMENT OF WASTE DUMPS. There are no waste dumps, per day, to <br />be created. However, the initial overburden [o be replaced back into the <br />quarry is dolomitic limestone, is non-toxic, and no treatment of this material is <br />necessary to establish harmless post quarrying afrer effects. ']'he post <br />quarrying depression will provide its own sedimentation pond; no water is <br />ever expected to drain out of the post quarry depression. There simply is not <br />enough drainage area to fill the depression. Surface water drainage will be <br />directed away from the depression. <br />F. COST OF RECLAMATION. See Exhibit L. When quarrying limestone or <br />dolomite from the wall or mountainside of the old CF&I quarry, the <br />following reclamation procedures will be followed: <br />The setting of the permit area and the quarrying plan is a 100' thick bed <br />lying on a mountainside at a dip of about 37 degrees to the northwest. This <br />bed to be quarried is essentially the "mountainside" as CF&I left it afrer its <br />quarrying for limestone. There exist a few patches where scrub spruce and <br />other trees grow on the permit area. These "vegetation patches" cover <br />approximately .6 of one percent of the permit area. <br />It is thought that most of these vegetation patches can be avoided during <br />quarrying. However, several may be disturbed. These vegetation patches are <br />documented on a recently flown aerial photo, a copy of which is in A4LRD's <br />file. <br />2 <br />