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Seeding recommendations were as follows: <br />Little Bluestem 1.8 pounds per acre <br />Blue Grama 0.4 pounds per acre <br />Switchgrass 1.2 pounds per acre <br />Prairie Sandreed 1.7 pounds per acre <br />13. If not provided in the response for Question 12, please provide a description for fertilizer (specific types, <br />mixtures, quantities, and time of application), if applicable, in accordance to Rule 6.4.5(2)(f)(iii). <br />Based on information from a previous reclamation plan, the Soil Conservation Service <br />recommendation called for fertilizes 0-20-20,44;-12, and 10-10-10 applied at a rate of 100 pounds <br />per acre. Application will be applied as recommended by the manufacturer. <br />14. In accordance with Rule 6.4.5(2)(f)(iv), please specify if trees, shrubs, etc. will be planted as a part of <br />revegetating the site and if so the type, quantity, size, and location of each. <br />No trees or shrubs are planned as part of revegetation. The original Soil Conservation Service <br />recommendations called for seeding of specified grass species. <br />15. In accordance with Rule 6.4.5(2)(f)(v), please specify the anticipated minimum depth or range of depths for <br />those areas where topsoil will be replaced. The Operator listed an average 6 inches of topsoil under the <br />replacement of topsoil task within the supplied reclamation costs. <br />The reclamation plan in the original permit indicated topsoil replacement would be approximately 6" <br />in depth. Notes in the cost estimate provided for pit expansion indicate that approximately 6" <br />replacement is anticipated, but final depth will be dependent on the actual amount stockpiled. <br />16. Please note that where the Operator states that "[there is no topsoil on the floor of the pit, it was in that <br />condition in 1986, and that area will be seeded, but no topsoil replaced during reclamation]" is not acceptable <br />to the Division. The Division does not believe an area without any topsoil replacement will achieve the final <br />post -mining land use of a dryland pasture. Additionally, the original permit's approved Mining and <br />Reclamation Plans called for the salvage of 12 inches of topsoil on the area on top of the slope and the <br />replacement of 6 inches throughout the permit during reclamation. If this amount of topsoil was not stripped <br />during the current operation, the Operator may wish to propose to strip more "plant -growth medium" from a <br />particular area to account for areas within the site lacking topsoil so there is an average/equal amount of <br />replacement throughout the site (please note that any existing non -mining roads and the access road would not <br />need to be topsoiled/reclaimed and should be shown on the reclamation plan map). <br />Since no topsoil was available from the original pit floor, the amount available for final reclamation <br />may not allow a total of 6". All available stockpiled topsoil will be applied across the entire disturbed <br />areas, to include the floor.