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Topsoil stockpiles will be seeded with the reclamation seed mix detailed in Exhibit E (Table 3.1 <br /> on page E-10). This seed mix was verified as adequate for the Bradford Mesa area by Anthony <br /> Arnhold of the NRCS Colorado Area 2 Office which includes Walsenburg, Colorado on <br /> December 17, 2019. <br /> 22. What is the timeframe for the groundwater well installation? <br /> The groundwater well will be pursued with the Colorado Division of Water Resources once <br /> augmentation water is secured through the Huerfano County Conservation District which is in <br /> process. This timeframe is contingent on the Huerfano County Conservation District which <br /> indicated an average 180-day processing period. <br /> 23. The Division would like the Applicant to commit to giving the Division copies of the <br /> augmentation plan (if relevant), well drilling and construction documents, and DWR <br /> approval document for the well installation and proposed usage. <br /> The Applicant acknowledges the Division requirement of submitting copies of the augmentation <br /> plan, water well permit application and approval, and well drilling and construction documents. <br /> Said documents will be supplied to the Division as soon as they are finalized and/or granted. <br /> 24. What is the reclamation plan for the proposed well?If it is to be left after reclamation <br /> please submit an affidavit from the land owner requesting it be left after completion of <br /> reclamation. <br /> The proposed well will remain following mining. See the attached affidavit from the land owner <br /> detailing said request in Exhibit G. <br /> Exhibit E—Reclamation Plan (Rule 6.4.5) <br /> 25. The Division requests the Applicant replace clover, as cover crop for topsoil and <br /> overburden berms, with a native species, or utilize the final reclamation seed mix to help <br /> establish a beneficial seed bank or contact the local office of the Natural Resource <br /> Conservation Service (NRCS) to get a formal recommendation. <br /> All topsoil and overburden berms will be seeded with the reclamation seed mix detailed in <br /> Exhibit E (Table 3.1, page E-10). This seed mix was verified as adequate for the Bradford Mesa <br /> area by Anthony Arnhold of the NRCS Colorado Area 2 Office which includes Walsenburg, <br /> Colorado on December 17, 2019. <br /> 26. If a Technical Revision for the rail spur is submitted for Division's approval please <br /> include a signed affidavit by the landowner requesting it remains after reclamation is <br /> complete. <br /> A Technical Revision will be submitted to the Division for the rail spur. Please see the signed <br /> affidavit by the landowner detailing this intent in Exhibit E. <br /> Bradford Mesa—Preliminary Adequacy Response 7 <br />