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Page 2. <br /> Cut 1 Top soil from Cut 6 has been spread in the voids left for roads <br /> on the backfill in this cut. With the exception of the large <br /> topsoil stockpile on the north end this area will be included <br /> in a permit application to expand the sludge disposal area. <br /> Cut 2 The seeding on the east side of this Cut is doing well, essent- <br /> ially the best results to date. Sand is no longer quarried here <br /> but the plant refuse dump is still active. Approximately 20,000 <br /> tons of topsoil from Cut 6 have been stored just east of the refuse <br /> dump in the bonded area. <br /> Cut 3 Backfilling of this cut is complete until mining of Cut 7 commences. <br /> As on Cut 1, topsoil from Cut 6 has been spread over the backfilled <br /> areas and it will also be included in the new sludge permit. <br /> Cut 4 Sand is still being removed from this Cut but mining will cease <br /> within the next year. Backfilling of this Cut with overburden <br /> from Cut 6 has commenced. The dust disposal activity will be <br /> moved to the sand pit when it becomes inactive. <br /> Cut 5 Overburden removal has temporarily ceased in this Cut in favor of <br /> the lower stripping ratio of Cut 6. The excavation was done in <br /> such a manner that the remaining overburden can be removed with <br /> Cut 7. Limestone for the plant is being mined from this Cut. A <br /> sandstone quarry will be developed here also. <br /> Cut 6 All the topsoil has been removed. A haul road to the overburden <br /> dump in Cut 4 is complete and drilling has commenced in the gray <br /> shale portion of the Smokey Hill formation. <br /> 2. Location and Number of Acres Reclaimed During the Year. <br /> 2.75 acres north of Cut #2 have been judged as reclaimed, and bonding has <br /> been removed. <br /> 3. Location and Number of Acres in Various stages of Reclamation <br /> Approximately 40 acres in Cuts 1, 2, and 3 have been prepared by having <br /> topsoil, sludge or both added. <br /> 4. Species of Vegetation Planted, the Location and Dates of Planting <br /> No new seeding has been done. The intended seed mixture for future plant- <br /> ing is as follows: <br /> Crested Wheatgrass, Fairway Blue Grammy <br /> Side Oats Grama, Vaugn Western Wheatgrass <br /> Streambank Wheatgrass, Sodar Four Wing Saltbush <br /> Indian Ricegrass <br />