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The location of each spoil pit is shown on Exhibit 2000-7, Backfill Sampling Location Map. Laboratory results for the four spoil samples are presented in Attachment 2000-A. The analytical results indicate all spoil is suitable. No additional grading, special handling, or amendment application was needed prior to soil replacement. The topsoil that was used for redistribution was live handled front ahead of the active mining area to the awaiting backfill area. Phase X11 topsoil campaign was done during the Summer of 2000. A total of 23,030 loose cubic yards were moved. The thickness of soil replaced during 2000 was not verified by sampling. Only one of the gridded sample locations fell within the 2000 topsoil laydown area. Sample sites for the New Horizon 2 mining area were selected systematically utilizing a 467 foot by 467 foot grid pattern. Sites at New Horizon 2 were detemtined from CAD drawings using distances and azimuths from established survey points and located in the field by a Chainman 11 distance meter and a pocket transit. The single sample location will be sampled in the 2001 reclamation year A 2-3/4 inch bucket auger was used at each site to excavate a pilot hole through the entire soil strata. An abrupt boundary, defined by color and rock fragment content, typically occurred at the soiVspoil interface. The replaced soil thickness was measured through the pilot hole immediately after encountering the spoil. Minor Revision # 44 was approved by DMG in August 2000. The revision, based on years of extensive sample analysis, allowed for a reduction in the parameters for which the soil is analyzed Soil thickness as determined by past sampling is shown on Exhibit 2000-6. Sort thickness information for each sample site is located on the map. New Horizon 2 has many different soil thickness requirements as shown on Exhibit 2000-8, which is in section 2.05.4-4 of the current permit. All suitable soil has been salvaged ahead of mining at New Horizon 2. Approximately 77,368 (LIFT 2), 18,391 (LIFT I ), and 52,487 (MIXED) cubic yards of soil are stored m stockpiles at the end of 2000 as shown on Exhibit 2000-10 (2000 Topsoil Balance Map). The soils were separately stockpiled by soil types as specified by our permit. r^ All topsoil stockpiles have been planted with [he approved cover crop seed mixture. Fertilizer was applied once or twice a year. The first application was during the spring and the second (if needed) was after the first tuning. Application rates varied from none to 400#/acre (Exhibit 2000-9). First cut yields varied from (d: \da to \wpda to\rec-repo\2000recrepo. doe)