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The 2 acre + "old pit" area will be used as a process and stockpile area. <br />Mining; activities will expand from the "old pit" up and across the slopes on both <br />sides of the road to the higher elevations above on the ridge. Material will be <br />removed off the slopes in short, less than 200 foot bench-like segments, laterally <br />from the road. Mined material can then be taken either down or up the road to the <br />process>ing equipment locations. An approximate < 3 acre operations area will <br />also be located at the site access gate. The "Gate Operations Area" and <br />stockpiiling area will be stripped and the topsoil will be stockpiled next to the <br />south fence for final reclamation. The operations and stockpiling area at the gate <br />will be the final reclamation area at the site. <br />All reclamation at the site will be concurrent with mining and any and all <br />existing topsoil and/or usable cover soils will be stripped as necessary, when <br />encountered, as mining activities progress. Some lower and mid-slope areas can <br />be mined without stripping as there are no covering soils. Temporary <br />topsoill/cover soil stockpiles will be kept adjacent to (usually above) an active <br />excav~-tion area that would receive the cover material as soon as the aggregate is <br />removed. Pulling the cover soil down would expose the upslope aggregate for <br />excav~ition and removal and subsequent similar cover/topsoil replacement in the <br />follow on concurrent reclamation. <br />Topsoil and cover soil on some slope areas is minimal to non-existent <br />More .loam type cover material is found further up the slope in thicknesses <br />approaching 8 inches. As mining expands up the hillside and encounters cover <br />soil, that soil will be used below to cover the already mined areas. The final <br />mining and site reclamation will be at the gate area. The topsoil stockpiles for this <br />area and any surplus soils stored, located along the south fence, will be seeded for <br />stabilization. This area at the gate will be reclaimed at the end of all activities at <br />the site. <br />(e) Approximate timetable to describe mining operation; <br />Mining and crushing, screening and asphalt process activities will commence <br />after all State and County Permits have been approved and issued (possible <br />S~xmmer 2008) and continue for a up to 15 years or longer. <br />(fj Narrative describing nature of deposit to be mined and underlying stratum. <br />In addition to the soil types listed below, the major target aggregate resource <br />at the site is a wedge-like (perched) alluvial deposit lying immediately below <br />the rather thin 6 to 8 inches of the existing Tresano soils (200). This deposit <br />averages between 15 to almost 30 feet in thickness and is the major source <br />rr~aterial contributor to the lower soils of hill-slope residuum, alluvial fans and <br />other alluvium derived from the eroded bedded sandstone and shale. The <br />