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• mining to help separate the mining activities from the Cripple Creek veiwshed. <br />These transplanting activities will be coordinated to assist in reestablishing <br />wildlife movement corridors throughout the reclaimed slopes. All transplanted <br />"pads" of mature aspen will be irrigated for two growing seasons following <br />transplanting to facilitate establishment of the trees. <br />North facing slopes within the North Cresson reclamation area will be planted <br />with about 400 stems per acre of one-year aspen seedlings as part of CC&V's site <br />wide forest reclamation proposal to further encourage the reestablishment of <br />aspen acreage in the North Cresson reclamation area. <br />11.4.2 Overburden Storage Areas <br />There are two OSAs to be reclaimed under the MLE: (1) the SGOSA, including <br />SGOSA Extension, which will blend with the backfilled Schist Island portion of <br />the North Cresson Mine area and (2) the ECOSA, which will blend with the <br />backfilled Wildhorse and Altman portions of the East Cresson Mine area (see <br />Drawing F-1). Backfilling is planned in the Schist Island portion of the North <br />Cresson Mine area, the East Creston Mine area, and portions of Main Cresson <br />• Mine area, as shown conceptually on Drawing C-5. The amount of backfilling is <br />dependent on potentially changing conditions such as project economics and may <br />vary from that shown on Drawing C-5. Reclamation of each of the OSAs and <br />backfilled portions of the mine areas is addressed separately below. <br />It continues to be CC&V's plan to perform concurrent reclamation of portions of <br />these areas while other portions remain active and, thus, to achieve partial <br />reclamation prior to completion of mining. However, the schedule used to <br />develop the financial warranty for the MLE as presented in Section 12.0 does not <br />reflect concurrent reclamation in order to provide a comprehensive and <br />conservative estimate of the costs required for final closure of the entire <br />operation. <br />SGOSA <br />The SGOSA will continue to be reclaimed on a concurrent basis where possible <br />during implementation of the MLE. Overburden will continue to be added to the <br />existing SGOSA until it reaches the maximum extent and height for that facility. <br />The SGOSA Extension will be constructed downhill to the southwest of the Schist <br />Island portion of the North Cresson Mine area. Portions of the SGOSA will be <br />• Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Mine Life Extension <br />11-8