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0 <br /> As the permit is approved by the Division,no topsoil or any other material will be <br /> replaced at the Neilson Pit during the reclamation process. <br /> 4. Will fertilizers be used? <br /> Response:No fertilizers will be used in the reclamation process. <br /> 5. Please be aware thatfor all methods other than drill seeding the seeding rate will be <br /> doubled, in this case you have chosen broadcast. <br /> Response: Please see response to Item 6 and Item 7. <br /> 6. Is the 10 lbs of PLS/AC the total amount to be broadcast seeded? Or is that per <br /> species?Or the drill seed rate and 20 lbs PLS/AC will be used for broadcast seeding? <br /> Response: The 10 lbs. PLS/AC referred to in the permit is the drill seed rate. As a <br /> drill will not be utilized to reclaim this area,it is appropriate to assume that when the <br /> area is broadcast seeded,20 lbs. PLS/AC of the seed mix will be applied. <br /> 7. Please clarify the lbs of PLS/AC of each species listed in your mix. Or the <br /> composition of the mix and the total amount to be applied. Be sure to clarify if rates <br /> are listed for broadcast or drill seed. <br /> Response: As discussed in the response to Item 6, 10 lbs. PLS/AC refers to a drill <br /> seed rate. Doubling this rate will result in 20 lbs. PLS/AC. Applying this rate will <br /> result in 16 lbs.PLS/AC of Slender Wheatgrass, 2 lbs. PLS/AC of either Douglas or <br /> Rubber Rabbitbrush, and 2 lbs.PLS/AC of Mountain Big Sagebrush being applied to <br /> every acre of reclamation. <br /> For further context,please consider the following information: <br /> #of seeds/lb. for Mountain Big Sagebrush—2,500,000 <br /> #of seeds/lb. for Douglas Rabbitbrush—782,000 <br /> #of seeds/lb. for Rubber Rabbitbrush—400,000 <br /> #of seeds/lb. for Slender Wheatgrass— 159,000 <br /> 8. Given that shrubs mature slowly reclamation may benefit from additional early seral <br /> species (grasses and forbs)I.e. Indian ricegrass, crested wheatgrass, galleta, scarlet <br /> globemallow, curlycup gumweed. <br /> Response: Slender wheatgrass is being utilized to provide initial stabilization of the <br /> area while the shrub species establish. Based on the native vegetation of the <br /> surrounding area,this is an appropriate species,designed to favor the reestablishment <br /> of a sagebrush/rabbitbrush dominated plant community that is found at the Neilson <br /> Pit. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER <br /> A Touchstone EnereCooperative <br />