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' Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Reclamation Process <br />' Land disturbance on the permit area will begin with removal and stockpiling of <br /> topsoil with a scraper prior to mining. Total disturbed areas (the affected area) <br /> can be seen on the Site Plan Map. Topsoil will be utilized for future surface <br />' reclamation as plant-growth medium and as a component of backfill for mined <br /> pit-slopes. Topsoil stockpile berms will be strategically located over the permit <br /> site to facilitate easy access for reclamation. Temporary revegetation of topsoil <br />' stockpiles will occur and be maintained until the topsoil is reused in the <br /> reclamation process. Reclamation, as backfill, will be concurrent with mining <br /> once the near-vertical pit slopes of the outer mining limits are established down <br /> to the shale bed. Bacl<filling of the pit slopes will utilize excess topsoil salvaged <br /> during mining and with weathered shale bedrock excavated from the base of the <br /> sand and gravel depot>it. The reclaimed shorelines for the reservoir ponds will <br /> slope at 3:1, beginning inward until the slope is 10 ft. below the maximum <br /> capacity for the desigr~ed reservoir water level, at which point a 2:1 grade will <br /> complete the slope to the reservoir/pit floor. The Reclamation Plan Map, shows <br />' both a typical final configuration of the reservoir shorelines and across-section <br /> through the mined pit :slopes showing how the slopes will be backfilled to final <br /> grade. <br /> <br /> There will be a large oversupply of topsoil obtained from the affected areas of <br />' this mining permit. Overburden averages 5.8 ft. over the 33.9-acre area (i.e. <br /> Areas 1 and 2) to be stripped and excavated. The reclaimed shoreline, backfilled <br /> areas, and wetlands areas amount to approximately 20.4 acres. Excess topsoil <br />' will be used with weathered-shale bedrock excavated from the pit floor to <br /> construct the sloped pit-walls, or to backfill Area 3 to grade. The pre-mining <br /> process will salvage approximately 300,000 cubic yards of topsoil during the <br />mining process. Overburden and shale backfill will be used to slope the near- <br /> vertically mined pit walls. The topsoil requirement as plant-growth medium for <br /> the disturbed surface <acreage will be approximately 33,000 cubic yards to cover <br />' the 20.4 acres at 12 inches deep. The amount of topsoil required for surface <br /> reclamation as plant-growth medium is minimal compared to the amount that is <br />1 available. The operator will incorporate additional backfill to create a more <br />naturally appearing undulating shoreline at the reclaimed site. The Reclamation <br /> Plan Map, shows the typical undulating shorelines that will be created by final <br /> reclamation of the mining site. Topsoil will be spread evenly over all exposed, <br />disturbed areas for plant-growth medium. The required amount of topsoil to be <br /> used as plant-growth rnedium will always be maintained onsite to ensure proper <br />' reclamation. <br />~l <br />Speer Mining Resource ~Z 99035 <br />Asphalt Specialties Company. Inc July 24, 2000 <br />