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The area to be mined in the 2014 Phase 2 mining cycle would have been cleared of top <br />soil and overburden in 2013 so no preparation will be required prior to drilling and <br />blasting an area 60 feet in length and 60 feet in width by 40 feet in depth using the <br />same drill and blast procedures as used in the 2013 mining cycle. The 2014 mining <br />operation will produce the same approximate volume of 8,600 ton of rubblized oil shale <br />to be shipped off site for crushing and testing. As part of the Phase 2 mining cycle <br />approximately 1,000 cubic yards of -1/2 inch material from the offsite crushing operation <br />will be returned to the mine site and blended with overburden to be used as back fill for <br />the previously mined area. Following removal and transportation to the offsite testing <br />facility of the material produced from the 60 foot by 60 foot by 40 foot 2014 mining area, <br />overburden from an area 100 feet in length by 100 feet in width will be removed from <br />the area to be mined in 2015. Top soil would have been removed from this area and <br />used for reclamation in 2013. The 4,055 cubic yards of in place overburden will produce <br />7,299 cubic yards or 6,600 ton of broken material. 5,333 cubic yards of broken <br />overburden will be placed in the 60 foot by 60 foot by 40 foot Phase 2 mined area and <br />the remaining 1,966 cubic yards of broken overburden will be moved to the area south <br />of the northwesterly mining advance and contoured for future reclamation (Map E6). <br />The area to be mined in the 2015 Phase 3 mining cycle would have been cleared of top <br />soil in 2013 and overburden would have been removed in 2014. The 2015 mining area <br />60 feet in width by 60 feet in length by 40 feet in depth will be drilled and blasted using <br />same procedures as previous mining operations and will produce approximately 8,600 <br />ton of oil shale which will be shipped off site for crushing and testing. As in the Phase 2 <br />mining cycle approximately 1,000 cubic yards of -1/2 inch material from the offsite <br />crushing operation will be returned to the mine site and blended with overburden. After <br />removal of the rubblized material from the 60 foot by 60 foot by 40 foot 2015 mined <br />area, overburden will be removed from the area to be mined in 2016. Top soil would <br />have been removed from this area and used for reclamation in 2013. The 6,470 cubic <br />yards of in place overburden will produce 11,646 cubic yards or 10,500 ton of broken <br />material. 5,333 cubic yards of broken overburden will be placed in the 60 foot by 60 foot <br />by 40 foot 2015 mined area and the remaining 6,313 cubic yards of broken overburden <br />will be temporarily stored in the area to the southeast of the northwesterly mining <br />advance (MAP E7). <br />The area to be mined in the 2016 Phase 4 mining cycle would have been cleared of top <br />soil in 2013 and overburden would have been removed in 2015. The 2016 mining area <br />60 feet in width by 60 feet in length by 40 feet in depth will be drilled and blasted using <br />same procedures as previous mining operations and will produce approximately 8,600 <br />ton of oil shale which will be shipped off site for crushing and testing. As in the 2015 <br />mining cycle approximately 1,000 cubic yards of minusl /2 inch material from the offsite <br />crushing operation will be returned to the mine site and blended with overburden. After <br />4 <br />