2018-03-20_PERMIT FILE - M2017049 (2)

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Transit Mix Concrete Co. Response: Figure C-1 has been revised to show the 4-strand wire fence installed on both sides of the access road between Highway 115 and the scale house. The calculations in Exhibit L have also been updated to include the fence removal costs. 8) On revised page E-8,the applicant states all areas will be seeded with the grass seed mixture included in Table E-3. However, Table E-3 now shows Mixed Conifer Planting Rate. In revised Exhibit E, the permanent grass seed mixture is shown in Table E-7. Please revise the text to refer to the correct table. Response: The text in Exhibits D and E has been revised to correct the references to the tables. 9) The mixed conifer revegetation plan shown in Table E-3 does not correlate with the mixed conifer revegetation plan given in Exhibit L, revegetation summary. In Exhibit L, there are two separate revegetation plans for mixed conifer: one for Highwall Benches, with 43 stems/acre, and composed of 85% Douglas Fir and 15%Ponderosa Pine; and one for Pit Bottom and Fines Slopes, with 43 stems/acres, and composed of 30% Douglas Fir, 60% Ponderosa Pine, 5% Gamble Oak, and 5% Three Leaf Sumac. If the applicant is proposing two separate mixed conifer revegetation mixtures,please include them in Table E-3, and make sure they correlate with what is given in Exhibit L. Response: The revegetation summary in Exhibit L has been updated. The seed mixes match those listed in the tables found in Exhibit E. The seed mixes (stems/acre mix) has been included at the bottom of the revegetation summary calculations. 10) The revised Table E-4, Mountain Shrubland Planting Rate, does not correlate with Exhibit L, revegetation summary. In Exhibit L, there is a mixture given for Mountain Shrubland Access Road and Fines Slopes. This mixture includes a species, "WS", which is not identified in the Vegetation Index, and does not include Mountain snowberry and Kinnikinnick, two species listed on Table E-4. Please ensure the necessary corrections to Table E-4 and/or Exhibit L, revegetation summary, are completed to eliminate contradiction and ensure consistency. Response: The revegetation summary in Exhibit L has been updated. The seed mixes match those listed in the tables found in Exhibit E. The seed mixes (stems/acre mix)has been included at the bottom of the revegetation summary calculations. The reference to species WS has been removed as it was a typo and the seed mixes correlate with the tables found in Exhibit E. 11) The revised Table E-5, Riparian Planting Rate, does not correlate with Exhibit L, revegetation summary. The applicant's response to Item No. 53 of the Preliminary Adequacy Review indicates that costs for planting each mixture is the same because they have the same planting rates and percentages of tree and shrub species. This would be acceptable, except that neither of the mixes are portrayed in Exhibit L. In Exhibit L, there is one mixture given for Riparian, consisting of 350/acre bare root seedlings, with 65% White Sagewort, 25% Bluestem Willow, and 10%Narrowleaf Cottonwood. Please make the necessary corrections to Table E-5 and/or Exhibit L, revegetation summary,to ensure consistency. Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry(M-2017-049) Response to Comments—March 20, 2018