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if sufficient funding becomes available. <br /> A reclamation alternative is to attempt to achieve approximate <br /> original contour by excavating the outslope material and placing it <br /> on the pad to recreate the ridge line. This filling operation <br /> would consist of placing material in a manner to create a land form <br /> which is pyramidal in cross section without any marginal buttress. <br /> The pad would probably have to be prepared with french drains to <br /> accommodate any accumulations of water. Careful compaction would <br /> need to be accomplished to minimize potential failure zones. This <br /> approach should not be implemented until appropriate slope <br /> stability analyses have been completed due to long term mass <br /> stability concerns. <br /> The glory hole pad area has been identified by Resources as a <br /> potential home site. The proposed reclamation concept does not <br /> conflict with this potential use, while the approved plan would. <br /> Warehouse Area <br /> The warehouse area is located immediately west of the first <br /> switchback of Road A, and immediately east of and adjacent to the <br /> M stockpile. The area is bordered on the north by the steep Road <br /> A outslope, and on the south by Dutch Creek. The area is <br /> relatively flat, having been constructed to contain three large <br /> warehouse buildings and support facilities. Drainage from this <br /> area reports to two ponds located on the east margin of the area <br /> adjacent to Dutch Creek. <br /> A reclamation plan describing the warehouse area has not been <br /> located in the permit. <br /> The proposed reclamation concept for this facility is to create a <br /> revegetated, well drained flood plain area. It is likely that at <br /> some point in time, Dutch Creek will migrate north from its current <br /> channel to flow through the warehouse area. Geomorphologic <br /> evidence suggests that channel migration to the north is a <br /> recurrent event as controlled by debris flow mechanics. <br /> Reclamation of this area should anticipate this event. <br /> Reclamation of the warehouse area will be accomplished by <br /> demolishing all concrete foundations in the area, and removing them <br /> to the slope behind the wash plant. The Road A outslope will be <br /> flattened by pushing a portion of the road down toward the <br /> warehouse, and by pushing material up against the slope from the <br /> warehouse pad area. The area will be sloped slightly to the south <br /> east and a drainage channel will be constructed to drain the pad <br /> from west to east. The entire area will be ripped and revegetated. <br /> Alternatively, foundations would be demolished and pushed against <br /> the Road A outslope to facilitate amelioration of the slope. This <br /> would reduce costs, but the materials would probably be exposed to <br /> 6 <br />