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1994 Reclamation Activities: <br />No additional acreage was newly disturbed by mining or construction activity during the 1994 <br />calendar year. Reclamation activities conducted included seeding and mulching operations on the <br />outslopes of the West Ridge waste pile. (See location 32 on exhibit 7). This area was reseeded on <br />November 17, 1994 with a permanent grass mix (mix no. 5 less shrub species). Also the Gross-Rhode <br />stock trail at the Orchard Valley West mine was seeded with the temporary seed mix (see table #6 for <br />seed mix) immediately following construction on May 4 and 5, 1994. <br />1993 Reclamation Activities: <br />No additional acreage was newly disturbed by mining or construction activity during the 1993 <br />calendar year. Reclamation activities conducted included seeding and mulching operations on the <br />outslopes of the west ridge waste pile. (See location 32 on exhibit 7). Topsoil and subsoil piles in the <br />vicinity of the West Ridge waste pile which were disturbed as a result of pile reconstruction activities <br />were seeded with the temporary seed mix (seed mixture #6 (during the fall of 1993. <br />At the close of 1993 reclamation activities on the West Ridge waste pile, the total reclaimed <br />acreage on this site was approximately 2.85 acres. Of this total acreage, 0.83 acres was newly <br />revegetated in 1993. <br />Approximately 0.12 acres of additional disturbance occurred in association with a landslide at <br />the west mine portal cut during 1993. Topsoil was salvaged from an area surrounding the slide crest <br />and stockpiled near this location (refer to Exhibit 8 in this report and Map No. 8-6, Permit No. C-81- <br />038). Disturbed areas associated with this slide and the subsequent stabilization work were seeded <br />with the temporary seed mix (seed mixture #6) mulched. Table 7 of this report depicts reclaimed <br />acreages throughout the mine site has been revised to reflect 1993 activities. <br />1992 Reclamation Activities: <br />No additional acreage was newly disturbed by mining or construction activity during the 1992 <br />calendar year. Reclamation activities conducted included seeding and mulching operations on the <br />outslopes of the west ridge waste pile. (See location 32 on exhibit 7). Topsoil and subsoil piles in the <br />vicinity of the West Ridge waste pile which were disturbed as a result of pile reconstruction activities <br />were seeded with the temporary seed mix (seed mixture #6 (during the fall of 1992. <br />At the closed of 1992 reclamation activities on the West Ridge pile, the total reclaimed acreage <br />on this site was approximately 2.02 acres. A total of 0.63 acres was newly revegetated in 1992 with <br />the remainder having been seeded in 1983. At the close of 1983 reclamation activities on the West <br />Ridge waste pile, the total reclaimed acreage on this site was approximately 2.20 acres. During gob <br />salvage and sale operations occurring in the first and second quarters of 1992, approximately 0.81 <br />acres of seeded topsoil and subsoil was stripped from the pile to allow access to the gob. Table 7 of <br />this report depicting reclaimed acreages throughout the mine site has been revised to reflect this <br />sequence of events. <br />1991 Reclamation Activities: <br />No additional acreage was newly disturbed by mining or construction activity during the 1991 <br />calendar year. Reclamation activities conducted were primarily confined to interim stabilization <br />seeding and mulching operations on topsoil piles and subsoil piles in the vicinity of the West Ridge <br />waste pile (See exhibit 7). Soil storage piles in this area saw additions of materials due to the topsoil <br />and subsoil stripping operations required to access gob for sale and shipment. Topsoil piles were <br />7