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Banks and Gesso. LLC <br />' Reclamation Plan <br /> The post-mining land use for the Speer Mine will be for awater-storage reservoir, <br /> with surrounding wetland areas producing beneficial wildlife habitat. The <br /> reclamation plan is presented as follows: <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-clrowth 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. Backfilling 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 deposit. 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 designed reservoir water level, at which point a 2:1 grade will <br /> complete the slope to the reservoir/pit floor. The Post Mining Land Use Map <br /> shows both a typical final configuration of the reservoir shorelines and a cross- <br />' section through the mined pit-slopes showing how the slopes will be backfilled to <br /> final grade. <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 32-acre area to be <br /> stripped and excavated. The reclaimed shoreline, backfilled areas, and wetlands <br />' areas amount to approximately 20.4 acres. Excess topsoil will be used with <br /> weathered-shale bedrock excavated from the pit floor to construct the sloped pit- <br /> walls. The pre-mining process will salvage approximately 300,000 cubic yards of <br /> topsoil and during the mining process. Overburden and shale backfill will be <br /> used to slope the near-vertically mined pit walls. The topsoil requirement as <br />' plant-growth medium for the disturbed surface acreage will be approximately <br />33,000 cubic yards to cover the 20.4 acres at 12 inches deep. The amount of <br /> topsoil required for surface reclamation as plant-growth medium is minimal <br />' compared to the amount that is available. The operator will incorporate <br />additional backfill to create a more naturally appearing undulating shoreline at the <br /> reclaimed site. The Post Mining Land Use Map shows the typical undulating <br /> shorelines that will be created by final reclamation of the mining site. Topsoil will <br />be spread evenly over all exposed, disturbed areas for plant-growth medium. <br /> The required amount of topsoil to be used as plant-growth medium will always be <br />' maintained onsite to ensure proper reclamation. <br />1 <br />Speer Mining Resource II 99035 <br />' Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc February, 2000 <br />