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• <br /> Specific site reclamation varies somewhat, and may change over <br /> time. Other than the open pit area, rock dump complexes, and <br /> the three tailing ponds, sites considered as active operating <br /> areas generally will be treated in a like manner ; unneeded <br /> structures will be dismantled and ancillary rubble buried or <br /> hauled off the site, the site will be graded for drainage and <br /> stability, 4" - 6" of topsoil will be applied, and the site <br /> reseeded using standard methods. Maintenance fertilization will <br /> be applied as needed. Access roads no longer needed will be <br /> scarified or ripped and seeded in the standard manner. <br /> Presently, the three tailing pond surfaces are planned to be <br /> treated in like manner as the tailing dams. As per the 1977 <br /> permit plan, the ponds will be dried, physically manipulated for <br /> drainage control from west to east, and capped with rock from <br /> the open pit and/or rock dumps (variable depth of P-P ) . How- <br /> ever, Climax water rights (refer: Exhibit G - Water Information) <br /> are extensive and complex, and there exists several potential <br /> additional permanent water storage sites on the property. Thus , <br /> the future may require Climax to petition the Board for changes <br /> in site specific land uses and reclamation plans from those <br /> discussed and listed in Appendix D to Permanent Water Storage. <br /> Should such changes occur, Climax will file with the Board a <br /> • Technical Revision or Amendment as deemed appropriate by the <br /> Division. <br /> Open Pit <br /> From the standpoint of practicality and feasibility , little <br /> "active" reclamation can be performed on the open pit. The pit <br /> will be a residual of mining which will draw visual attention <br /> for many years following termination of the Climax operation. <br /> As discussed under "General Grading and Site Preparation" <br /> earlier in this section, colluvial and ice action will, over <br /> time, cause sloughing and slumpage of benches and roads into the <br /> pit . The resulting appearance of the pit will become more <br /> natural with the occurrence of these actions . Weathering and <br /> the development of lichen colonies on newly exposed rock faces <br /> increasingly change the coloration within the pit toward that of <br /> surrounding undisturbed areas. In some areas, these changes may <br /> be detectable within several years of termination , while in <br /> other areas, the changes may require decades to become notice- <br /> able. <br /> Selective blasting and "weathering chemicals" can be used to <br /> accelerate natural processes to a degree by giving open rock <br /> cuts a somewhat more weathered look. While selective blasting <br /> will be considered by Climax when the time approaches to termi- <br /> nate the pit operation, the use of chemicals presently is not <br /> considered feasible or economical. <br /> E-8 <br />