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overburden are spoiled in an unforeseen configuration, or extensive coal <br />development drilling dictates deviations of actual versus projected pit end <br />Limits, areas of previously replaced topsoil may need to be removed. Such top- <br />soil removal will Facilitate tying together newly regraded spoils with adjacent <br />and previously regraded spoils and will maximize recovery of coal reserves. <br />Where removal of previously replaced Copsoil is necessary, replaced topsoil shall <br />be removed such that minimum mixing with spoil occurs. For example, where only <br />small areas are to be redisturbed, replaced topsoil will be bladed off the area <br />into berms and marked with topsoil signs). If the bemned topsoil can't be <br />redistributed in the same year, it will be placed into stockpiles. <br />For areas which exceed two acres in size, the Division will be notified at least <br />thirty days prior to conducting topsoil removal. The larger areas will also be <br />treated so as to minimize topsoil-spoil mixing. Replaced topsoil will be removed <br />with scrapers or windrowed, then removed with scrapers or ocher suitable equip- <br />ment dependent upon topographic conditions. The material will then be hauled to <br />stockpiles or placed on available regraded spoils. <br /> <br />s <br />4-257 <br /> <br />REVISED FEB 13 '87 <br />--- <br />