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<br />The other area of mining is on the south edge of the shaded area (Snipped for <br />Mining -see next section). A couple of benches have been created in this area and topsoil <br />applied to part of the area. <br />Although not shown on the map, mining during 1997 will expand downhill from <br />the small mining area and into the shaded area. It cannot be determined for sure h~~w far the <br />mining will expand into the shaded area, but probably half of this area will be mired to some <br />extent. Perhaps a fourth of the shaded area will be completed with mining during 1997. <br />Stripped for mining (11.5 acres) -During late 1995 and into early 1996 snipping <br />proceeded on this area. Timber was retrieved by the contractor who did the clearing. Soil was <br />stripped from a major part of this area and placed in locations where it can be easily replaced <br />on adjacent benches as they are created and completed. Stripping further to the east would <br />have been permissible if the 56 acre permit boundary was valid. But because Cenu;nnial <br />recognized early in the process of developing the permit amendment that the 56 acre boundary <br />was questionable, Centennial did not expand the stripping beyond the original 40 acre permit <br />boundary. Within the original permitted plan, this is the last area to be mined. In the <br />amendment, this area will be reclaimed in basically the same way as it would under the <br />existing permit. That is, when the land within the shaded area (and the small mining area) are <br />reclaimed that reclamation will be final reclamation. <br />It should be noted that within the "Affected land at time of report" boundary there are <br />some small areas that are not covered by any kind of shading or pattern. These areas total <br />approximately 2.4 acres and have either not been affected or have been affected very slightly. <br />The affected land boundary could have been extended around those areas but because they are <br />adjacent to and often downslope from major to moderate disturbance categories they were <br />considered part of the 48.8 acres of affected land. <br />Menzer Quarry 1996 Annual Report IM-76-009-HR) Dec 31, 1996 Page 2 <br />