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Seneca II 2001 Annual Reclamation Report <br />2001 DISTURBANCE AREA <br />No additional acres were disturbed. <br />BACKFILLING AND GRADING <br />SCC continued the final pit reclamation grading of the Wadge pits in 2001. By the end of 2001, 43.15 acres were <br />backfilled and graded. These azeas are shown on Annual Reclamation Map. <br />SOIL AND SPOIL MONITORING <br />SCC is required by Permit C-80-005 to monitor the salvage, storage, and redistribution of soil and spoil handling <br />operations at Seneca 1I Mine. Specific programs include documenting soil recovery, verifying soil redistribution <br />thickness, determining final graded spoil quality, determining soil fertility, evaluating plant rooting characteristics, <br />recording the source of replaced soil, and completing an annual soil balance. The following sections present the soil <br />and spoil monitoring data for the 2001 calendar year. <br />Soil Recovery Documentation <br />No soil was salvaged since no new disturbance occurred. <br />Soil Pit -Spoil Fertility -Spoil Oualiri <br />Soil fertility and spoil quality samples are collected periodically from shallow postmine soil pits which are randomly <br />located using a 500 foot grid. The postmine soil pits are also used to evaluate plant rooting characteristics and to <br />compare soil/spoil profile data with site specific revegetation data. <br />Postmine soil pits are placed within reclamation blocks that have been soiled and seeded for a minimum of three <br />yeazs. Similar minimum time frames are used for monitoring postmine vegetation. The permanent vegetation has <br />generally established sufficiently after three to four years to evaluate interactions between rooting characteristics and <br />soiVspoil quality (Schafer et. al., 1979). <br />• <br />