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• §2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND <br />MINING ACTIVITIES -MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION <br />AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br />2.05.4 Reclamation Plan. <br />(2) (d) (Cont'd) <br />During July, 1983, 24" of topsoil was stripped from the initial portion of the West <br />Ridge waste disposal pile. The topsoil was stored nearby and utilized throughout <br />the year for construction of the soil berms around the waste disposal pile. <br />Subsoil which was excavated during construction of the waste disposal pile was <br />also stored nearby and utilized for construction of berms. Soils were re-sampled <br />prior to the expansion of the West Ridge waste disposal area and a sieve <br />analysis performed. Based on the results of the sieve analysis, 0" to 9" of topsoil <br />were stripped and 6" to 9" will be replaced on the remainder of the West Ridge <br />waste disposal area. Future enlargement of the waste disposal area will follow <br />procedures outlined in the Proposed Topsoil Handling Procedures. See the Soils- <br />Tests Appendix in Volume 9 for more information. <br />The material that forms the base of the temporary R-O-M stockpile and the RO- <br />M stockpile will be utilized during final reclamation to backfill the mine fan level <br />• and portal level. The area will be reshaped to approximate original contours. <br />Plant growth media will be redistributed over the site. The area will be seeded <br />with the permanent seed mixture presented in Section 2.05.4(2) (e) (ii). <br />Sedimentation pond Nos. one through four, the timber storage area <br />pond and the west mine diversion ditch were constructed in 1976 and 1979. <br />Topsoil was salvaged and redistributed over nearby areas following construction. <br />Node 22 (Borehole 7) was installed during the fall of 1981. Topsoil was salvaged <br />from the borehole site and redistributed over the area following construction. <br />Eight inches of topsoil was salvaged from the sewer water holding pond site and <br />distributed over the pond outslopes following construction during August, 1982. <br />The pond was constructed to contain effluent from the sewage treatment plant, <br />allowing the waste disposal pond and sedimentation pond Nos. three and four to <br />dry for cleaning. <br />Due to a failure in the outslope above the main diversion ditch, the cut was <br />reconstructed during October, 1982. Ten inches of topsoil was salvaged from a <br />0.22 acre area at the crest of the cut and stockpiled on the fan level. As the <br />auxiliary diversion ditch was constructed on the fill slopes of the fan level, no <br />topsoil was available for salvage. <br />• <br />TR-48 66 04/08 <br />