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thickness, and evaluate soil suitability. Soil salvage occurred rn advance of [he actrve <br />prt during the 1997 field season as shown on drawing Y97TSREM. A11 topsoil salvaged durr nq <br />this perrod was placed rn stockpiles E, F, and G. <br />SCC will continue to closely mom for soil handling operations curing the 1998 field season. <br />Only suitable sources of soil within the disturbance area will be salvaged [o ensure the <br />reclaimed areas are resLC[ed to the desired po stmrne land uses. SCC will cbtatn variances <br />pursuant to Rule 4.06.2121 and Permit C-94-082 whenever suitable sell cannot be salvaged <br />erclusively from any map unit because of equipment limitations or operacci safety concerns. <br />1997 Soil Replacement Thickness <br />SCC cs required by Pecmi[ C-94-OB2 and Section 4.0G.4(2)(b) of Co to rack's FequLar ons for <br />Coal Min. ng to document and [ecord the soil replacement thtckness fur ea~.-h reclamation <br /> block ustnq a minimum sampling intensity of one hole per fi'ae acres. The sorl repiacemen[ <br /> thickness infcrma trcn rs used to adjust soil s alvage deptns, if necessary, and for bond <br /> release purposes. Soil replacement thickness wa s not measured during the 1997 field season <br /> on the ewo areas whrch had topsoil replaced cn them, the draglrne deadhead road and the <br />• disturbance area around sedimentation pond 011. This was because [he topsoil removed in <br /> these two to cottons was windrowed co the edge of the drs wrbancE areas and [hen spread <br /> evenly over the entire area once [hey were final graded . <br />Soil Replacement Technique <br />The soil replacement area for the 1997 field season is shown on drawing •i 97 REFL. Sort was <br />replawd on [6.B acres of the graded areas along the dragiine deadhead road and <br />seQlmenCdClJn pond 011. 5011 'wda spCead uuc evonly ova[ the enC1rE dlsiuCb Ed areas 1n bOLh <br />locactens by dozers. The soil was windrowed to the pert meter edges of Chase disturbed <br />areas prior to cons n-u ccion of both facilities. <br />Soil Ba:ance <br />SCC is scemitClnq the socl balance with the Annual ReclamacLOn Repe rt as required by Fermi[ <br />C-94-na ~, Tab 21, Pages 5, 25, and 26, and as re cnmme nd ed by Secaon <br />3 .04._3(?1 of Colorado's Fequla [ions for Ccal Mining. The soil balance is completed cc <br />ensuc_ soil rs salvaged, stockpiled, antl replaced as recommended ar~tl approved in ttie <br />permit, and, ti necessary, to readlusc the soil salvage and redis n'i buu or, r.h rcV,n ess. The <br />• soil ioioi motion is also used to update the soil volume information previously submr tt ed <br />with ;ne i996 Annual Reclamation Report (SCC, 199%) and confum the mean scrl replacement <br />chicr.ness fct the first five-year perms[ term. <br />Z <br />