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stockpiles eastward; as soon as a workable area is completely <br /> cleared, any necessary final grading will be completed and <br /> reseeding and planting will be done. The rate of progress <br /> would be dependent partly on sales from stockpiles, so <br /> phasing is difficult to estimate. The operator proposes <br /> instead that reclamation proceed on and be viewed as a <br /> continuum. <br /> In this way, reclamation can begin on the western end <br /> and be in progress during any period when mining may be <br /> going on at the far eastern end, should the operator mine <br /> any portion of that area (originally Phase II) . Once all <br /> gravel to be mined has been excavated, stockpiles will be <br /> moved eastward, to replace stockpiles depleted by sales, <br /> allowing reclamation to move eastward as well. Operator <br /> believes that, once mining on the western end of the pit is <br /> completed, the reclamation process moving eastward can be <br /> easily completed within five years of its commencement, even <br /> if some concurrent mining is done on the eastern end of the <br /> pit. <br /> Once reclamation of the entire area is complete, the <br /> settling pond or ponds then in use will be allowed to dis- <br /> appear through evaporation and seepage. Should any fill '-be <br /> required to level the affected ground, soil will be hauled <br /> in for that purpose. <br /> -4- <br />