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Seneca II 2002 Annual Reclamation Report <br />2002 DISTURBANCE AREA <br />No additional acres were disturbed. <br />BACKFILLING AND GRADING <br />No backfill or grading occurred in 2002 at Seneca II Mine. <br />SOIL AND SPOIL MONITORING <br />SCC is required by Permit C-80-005 [o monitor [he salvage, storage, and redistribution of soil and spoil handling <br />operations a[ Seneca II Mine. Specific programs include documenting soil recovery, verifying soil redistribution <br />thickness, determining final graded spoil quality and soil fertility, evaluating plant rooting characteristics, recording <br />the source of replaced soil, and completing an annual soil balance. The following sections present the soil and spoil <br />. monitoring data for [he 2002 calendar year. <br />Soil Recovery Documentation <br />No soil was salvaged since no new disturbance occurred. <br />Soil Pit - Sooil Fertility - Sooil Quality <br />Soil fertility and spoil quality samples are collected periodically from shallow postmine soil pits which are randondy <br />located using a 500 foot grid. The postmine soil pits are also used to evaluate plant rooting characteristics and ro <br />compare soil/spoil profile data with site specific revege[ation data. <br />Postmine soil pits are placed. within reclamation blocks that have been soiled and seeded for a minimum of three <br />years. Similar minimum time frames are used for monitoring postmine vegetation. The permanent vegetation has <br />generally established sufficiently after three to four years n> evaluate interactions between rooting characteristics and <br />soil/spoil quality (Schafer et. al., 1979). <br />• Historical soil and spoil quality data for the 1983 through 1988 reclamation blocks are presented and discussed in <br />