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A topsoil resource qualify control program will be implemented to insure that topsoil is salvaged and replaced • <br />as recommended. The optimum soil salvage depth for each soil map unit will be evaluated on-site by an <br />individual qualfied to evaluate field observation tests induding soil color, rooting depth, coarse fragment <br />wntent, horizonation, and day content. Periodic field inspections will also be made by a soil scientist. Soil <br />samples will be celleded to correlate field procedures with laboratory data. Topsoil recovery depths will be <br />recorded on the soil map by the soil scentist to document the actual mean thickness of topsoil recovered. <br />Color photographs of the soil profile and landscepe will also be taken to verify topscl salvage depths. This <br />topsoil salvage depth information will be kept on file at the mine and/or Western Division office. Topsoil <br />recovery depths will be adjusted ff warranted by the aforementioned quality control program. <br />The topsoil replacement thidkness will be documented and recorded for each reclamation block. The <br />minimum sampling intensity to determine topsoil replacement thidkness wilt be one trde per five acres. This <br />soil replacement thickness information will be used to adjust topsoil salvage depths, ff necessary, and for <br />bond release purposes. An annual Topsoil Balance/Spoil duality Report will 6e completed to reconfirm <br />topsoil volumes and, if necessary, to readjust topsoil salvage depths through the lifeof-mine operation. The <br />report will be submitted to CDMG with the Annual Reclamation Report. <br />Oualitative monitoring for fertility will be done on all reclaimed areas as part of the ongoing revegetation • <br />success monitoring during the period of liability. Qualitative montoring for fertility will include unscheduled <br />visual observations of plant communities throughout the redamation area. More speafic visual observations <br />in conjundion with soil sampling will be conducted at representative revegeffition sampling locations. <br />Redistributed topsoil will not be tested for fertility by soil sampling unless obvious problems appear in the <br />reestablished plant community. Obvious problems in the reestablished plant canmunity would include the <br />identification of severe nutrient defidency symptoms including chlorosis of foliage, ircegular spotting, <br />scorching or deformation of leaves, terminal dieback, stunted plants and seedling vigor, emergence, and <br />color. These determinations will be made on an annual basis during peak of green revegetation monkodng. <br />Unscheduled observations would also be performed dudng periodic evaluations of redamation stand <br />success, transed seledion, or monitoring related to bond release evaluations. <br /> <br />PR05 32 Revised MO6 <br />