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(2) Creation of wildlife habitat and management: <br />• No change from the approved Hogue River Pit Permit. <br />3.1.9 Topsoil salvage, storage and replacement: <br />(1) Protection of topsoil: <br />Once the topsoil has been removed and segregated from the overburden <br />material or product, it will be saved for replacement. Given that there may <br />be more topsoil than what will be necessary for reclamation, the Operator <br />may choose to salvage sufficient topsoil for reclamation and sell excess <br />topsoil on the open market. In any case, the Operator will maintain <br />sufficient topsoil in stockpiles to complete final site reclamation. Where <br />topsoil will not be disturbed for at least 12 months, it will be seeded or <br />otherwise stabilized to protect it from erosion. (The exception is for those <br />topsoil stockpiles not needed for site reclamation and considered as <br />product for sale. Such piles will not be seeded but will be controlled <br />according to the Operator's Stormwater Management Plan and will be <br />marked as "Topsoil Product or Sale ".) <br />Topsoil will be stockpiled adjacent to the Pit on the north side as a visual <br />• berm. It will be seeded for stabilization and not disturbed until needed for <br />reclamation at the conclusion of all mining operations. No topsoil <br />stockpiles (visual berm) will be constructed within the 100 year flood <br />plain. (A 100 year flood control berm will be constructed along the south <br />and west sides of the expansion area. The berm will be constructed of pit <br />run material and will not be constructed of topsoil or have topsoil placed <br />on it.) <br />(2) Woody vegetation shall be removed: <br />There is no woody vegetation. <br />(3) Storage, location, configuration of topsoil stockpiles for control <br />of erosion and protection from mining operations: <br />Stockpiles will be configured to minimize erosion and will be located in <br />areas where disturbance by ongoing mining operations will be minimized. <br />As stated in 3.1.9(1) above, topsoil stockpiles will be seeded for <br />stabilization, as necessary. <br />20