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Year 3-4 - Fertilize and irrigate the land, and harvest according to normal management <br />procedures. Maintain irrigation through until harvest each season. Take soil samples after last <br />cutting of alfalfa in preparation for the following year, or in the spring prior to fertilizing and <br />planting. <br />Year 5 - In the Fall, till the alfalfa crop and let it sit over the winter. <br />Year 6 - Prepare the seedbed for planting, fertilize, and plant the Rotation Crop. Provide <br />irrigation water to establish the crop, and continue irrigation through the end of harvest to <br />provide to keep the crop growing. Take soil samples after harvest in preparation for the <br />following year, or in the spring prior to fertilizing and planting. <br />Year 7 - In the Spring -Summer, fertilize per lab recommendations. Seed Mix #7 (including the <br />cover crop) will be planted. Provide irrigation water to establish the crop, and continue <br />irrigation through the end of harvest to keep the crop growing. Take soil samples after last <br />cutting of alfalfa in preparation for the following year, or in the spring prior to fertilizing and <br />planting. <br />Year 8-10 - Fertilize and irrigate the land; harvest according to normal management <br />procedures. Take soil samples after last cutting of alfalfa in preparation for the following year, <br />or in the spring prior to fertilizing and planting. <br />Compare production against the Prime Farmland reference area for bond release during Years 8, <br />9 and 10 as appropriate. <br />In Years 4 and 5 the mine may use soil amendments in the Prime Farmland areas to improve the <br />quality of the soil in the reclaim area. These amendments will be determined based on analysis <br />of the reclaim area soil versus the undisturbed reference area soil. For example, manure may be <br />applied if it is determined that the reclaim area soil has not recovered enough organic matter <br />since its placement. Organic matter is often lost when soil is stockpiled, as has happened with <br />all of the soil on the Morgan Property. Soil leaching may be done during non -alfalfa growing <br />years only. Soil amendments and/or leaching will also be applied to the Prime Farmland <br />reference area if necessary, since it has been fallow since 2008. <br />6.5 Irrigated Cropland Revegetation Management Plan <br />Tillage <br />Tillage is an important part of any reclamation plan development. It is important that tillage be <br />done only when necessary and minimized to limit erosion, soil OM depletion and associated <br />compaction. Tillage will be completed in the initial year and rotation year as necessary to <br />Page 34 May 2016 (TR -75) <br />