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• <br />Suitable A- horizon material will normally be salvaged in its entirety. However, subsoils that have <br />superior soil reconstruction and plant growth characteristics will be preferentially salvaged over <br />inferior quality topsoil. Suitable subsoil materials may also be used to make up short -falls in topsoil <br />challenged areas. Site specific judgement in combination with soil quality ratings (Table 1 -2 in <br />Exhibit 1) will be used to determine which soil components should be salvaged. The most suitable <br />soil reconstruction materials available within the areas to be disturbed will be identified, salvaged, <br />and stockpiled. <br />Soil salvage will be accomplished using equipment best suited for the volume of material to be <br />handled and the physical characteristics of the disturbed areas. Handling of soil materials will be <br />minimized in an effort to reduce impacts on soil structure. Bulldozers, graders, loaders, haul trucks, <br />and scrapers may be used singly or in combination in soil salvage operations. To avoid <br />unnecessary damage to soil structure, handling of soil will be avoided or minimized when soils are <br />excessively wet or dry. <br />Salvage operations will not be performed on slopes that are steeper than 2h:1v due to the poor <br />quality and limited amounts of soils on such slopes, equipment limitations, and personnel safety. <br />Topsoil on steep slopes generally lacks or has poorly developed A- horizons and O- horizons due to <br />elevated erosion rates and poor soil - forming conditions. In addition, little or no activity is planned <br />on steep slopes for the project. . <br />Most salvaged soils will require storage prior to re- spreading. Salvaged soils will be stockpiled in <br />designated storage locations as near as possible to salvage and re -use locations. Topsoil <br />stockpiles for roads and pipeline corridors will be linear and located along and generally up- gradient <br />of the road or corridor. Stockpiles will be located on stable sites in areas that are not planned for <br />disturbance and where wind and water erosion potentials are minimized. Stockpile areas will avoid, <br />or will be adequately protected form, concentrated surface water flows. Where needed, erosion <br />and sediment control structures such as ditches, berms, and silt fencing will be placed and properly <br />maintained around the perimeter of stockpiles until vegetation cover is established on the <br />stockpiles. Such vegetative cover will be established using the seed mixture listed in Table E -1. <br />Seeding will occur on each stockpile during the first normal planting period (i.e., fall or spring) <br />following stockpile placement. <br />G: ILMVN78545 .00ZRedamation1Redame#t. DOC <br />E -5 <br />