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• <br />(2) Creation of wildlife habitat and management: <br />No special or unique wildlife habitat is planned as part of the Mining and <br />Reclamation Plans for the expansion area. <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 for Sale ".) <br />Topsoil will be stockpiled adjacent to the Pit (Please see the Mine Plane <br />Map for locations) outside any 100 year flood plain. (Not known to occur <br />within the area proposed to be affected by the mining and reclamation <br />operations.) The existing topsoil stockpile will continue to be used. A <br />second and proposed topsoil stockpile shall be located in the upper south <br />east corner of the proposed expansion area. <br />(2) Woody vegetation shall be removed: <br />There is no woody vegetation other than sagebrush in portions of the <br />expansion area. It will be removed as topsoil is stripped prior to removal <br />of overburden. <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, protection of topsoil stockpiles will be seeded <br />• for stabilization, as necessary. <br />Page 20