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SECTION II : DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED MINING OPERATION <br /> A. Map of Operations : <br /> The Excavation Site Plan shows the property boundaries, <br /> excavation area, stockpile areas, haul roads and existing <br /> buildings . There are no tailings or siltation ponds, leach <br /> pads, waste/overburden dumps, processing facilities, or <br /> hazardous materials storage areas proposed. <br /> B. Production Schedule . <br /> Estimated Annual Production of sand is estimated to be <br /> 400, 000 tons per year for a total estimated production of <br /> 14 , 000, 000 tons . Estimated Annual Production of soil is <br /> estimated to be 237 , 000 tons per year for a total estimated <br /> production of 8, 295, 000 tons . The quarry will operate as a <br /> single phase. <br /> C. Mining Plan: <br /> 1 . Operating Plan : <br /> The initiation of the mine will occur as soon as permitted. <br /> The termination date will conform to the existing <br /> termination date of July 29, 2041 . Mining will occur year- <br /> round. The mining sequence will be a continuation of Brown <br /> Sand' si current practices : <br /> 2 . Soils : <br /> Near surface topsoil and sedimented and clayey subsoil, <br /> which lie above the sand, will be excavated from the site <br /> using scrapers, excavators, draglines, or other means. <br /> Excavated soil will be loaded into rubber-tired scrapers, <br /> bottom dump trailers, haul trucks or other transport, and <br /> directly sold, or placed into stockpiles . <br /> Topsoil: <br /> Topsoil will not be set aside for later replacement in the <br /> bottom of the excavation, because the excavation will <br /> create a lake, which will be utilized for aquaculture . The <br /> soils report for the existing Quarry confirmed that the <br /> replacement of the topsoil in the bottom of the lake <br /> created by the excavation would not enhance the <br />