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Mr. Crowley <br />Page 12 <br />December 22, 2015 <br />4. The application states the total project area to be disturbed is 0.25 acres. The applicant has <br />identified 5 test pits as the only form of disturbance. The test pits account for 0.03 acres of <br />disturbance. Please provide a description of the disturbance that will account for the other <br />0.22 acres. <br />5. Please specify where overburden and topsoil will be stockpiled. <br />6. Please indicate if it will be necessary to remove trees from the site. If so, specify how the <br />trees will be put to a beneficial use. <br />7. Please specify how many test pits will be open at any given time. <br />8. Please specify how open test pits will be safeguarded to prevent unauthorized entry, e.g. <br />safety fencing, signage. <br />9. The application states the topsoil depth does not exceed 12 inches at the proposed <br />prospecting location. The Division was unable to verify this information through the Natural <br />Resource Conservation Service Web Soil Survey tool. Please specify the source of this <br />information, e.g. U.S. Forest Service, publication, personal observation. <br />10. The description of native vegetation at the proposed prospecting location includes shrubs. <br />Please explain why shrubs were not included in the seed mix. The Division recommends <br />including at least one shrub species. <br />11. The proposed seed mix specifies 10 PLS/acre for each grass species to be planted. This <br />would result in approximately 700 seeds per square foot. Typical seeding rates will fall <br />between 20 to 80 seeds per square foot. Applying seed at too high of a rate can inhibit the <br />establishment of desired grass species. The Division recommends reducing the seeding rate <br />to 1 PLS/acre for each grass species to be planted. <br />12. The proposed seed mix lists the following plants which do not correspond to a known grass <br />species. Presumably, the scientific names of the plants were incorrectly transcribed. The <br />Division has provided a list of the proposed grass species along with suggestions for known <br />grass species. Please confirm that the Division's assumptions are accurate: <br />Proposed Grass Species <br />Trisectum spiticum <br />Boute lova gracillis <br />Elymous clymoides <br />Suggested Grass Species <br />Trisetum spicatum (spike trisetum) <br />Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) <br />Elymus elymoides (bottlebrush squirreltail) <br />