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52,05 APPLICATION FOR PERHIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES -- <br />MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br />2,05.4 Reclamation Plan. <br />(1) No answer required. <br />(2) (a) The reclamation plan for [he Orchard Valley Mine can be <br />divided chronologically into four distinct phases: (I) <br />Reclamation of road cut and fill areas and bench cut <br />and fill areas, (II) Reclamation of water diversion <br />ditch, sedimentation dams and refuse disposal area; <br />(III) Reclamation of water line, and (IV) Final recla- <br />mation and abandonment. <br />I. Reclamation of Road Cut and Fill Areas and Bench Cut <br />and Fill Areas. <br />Reclamation was started on the cuts, fill and bench <br />.~ areas in the Fall of 1975 following construction. Tie <br />reclamation Maps 9A-2A through D show the various areas <br />which have been reclaimed. <br />II. Reclamation of k'ater Diversion Ditches, Sediment <br />Retention Ponds and haste Disposal Area. <br />The water diversion ditches and sediment retention <br />\ ponds have been installed; topsoil was removed and used <br />. in the revegetation process in the Fall of 1979. <br />The sediment retention pond and associated road distur- <br />bance areas consist of approximately two acres. The <br />sediment ponds themselves and [he disturhed area around <br />them comprise approximately one acre of total distur- <br />bance. llnimproved roads leading to the sediment ponds <br />will remain in place until aSandonmen[ and are current- <br />ly used for maintenance of [he ponds. The road bed as <br />well as cuts and fills have been revegetated [o reduce <br />erosion. Future travel over the roads will be minimal <br />so revegetation efforts will not be destroyed. <br />The diversion ditch disturbance consists of approxi- <br />mately 4.0 acres. As stated in Section 2.05. 3(3)(b), <br />[he low flow channel of the ditch was riprapped, The <br />remainder of the ditch (except that part which tran- <br />sects rock outcrops) was then revegetated. <br />Reclamation of the waste disposal site has been initi- <br />ated and will be an ongoing eEfnrt throughout the life <br />of the mine. The old waste disposal site near Ponds 1 <br />au.l 2 leas been reclaimed. Topsoil was redistributed <br />during August, 1982, and the area fertilized and seed <br />distributed during November, 1983. Vegetating had be- <br />come established the following spring. <br />Revised 09/09/86 <br />56 <br />