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• 3.1.5 Reclamation Plan <br />Following mining, pits are backfilled as a part of the overburden and interburden removal operation. As <br />the dragline excavates a pit, the overburden/interburden material is spoiled (backfilled) into the previous <br />pit. The backfill material is placed in piles that require additional contouring. Contouring is accomplished <br />with dozers, graders and similar equipment. Occasionally, the dragline is also used. The backfilled pit is <br />graded to approximate the pre-mined contour and blended in with the surrounding topography. Final <br />grading is performed along the contour except where the safety of men and equipment may be <br />compromised. <br />The area is then prepared for topsoil replacement. A dozer pulling a drag, or similarly effective equipment, <br />may be used for areas being reclaimed to cropland. The drag levels ridges made during Recontouring to <br />allow a more uniform depth of topsoil to be laid down. <br />The topsoil is placed on the graded spoiled to a predetermined depth as uniformly as is practicable. <br />Fertilization (croplands only) and seedbed preparations follow. The areas are then seeded. (Sections 3.5 <br />and 3.6 discuss these reclamation operations in more detail.) <br /> <br />3-15c ___TE-j e