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~~ ~ •~ <br />Page four <br />Letter to Mr. Fred R. <br />Re: Permit 76-16/Pit <br />September 17, 1980 <br />Banta <br />3 Surety Release <br />~~ <br />Tracts C, D and E were backfilled starting in the <br />fall of 1975 and completed in the spring of 1976. Topsoil <br />was respread with scrapers in the summer of 1976. After <br />reapplication of the topsoil it was bladed and prepared for <br />seeding. Seedbed preparation consisted of disking after <br />which the area was drill seeded using a rangeland drill in <br />the fall of 1976. The mixture seeded was identical to that <br />seeded in Tract A. <br />Tracts F and G: <br />These two tracts were both mined in 1976. Recla- <br />mation commenced by the backfilling of the old pit in the <br />fall of 1976 and was completed in the spring of 1977. Re- <br />grading was conducted immediately following backfilling and <br />was completed in the summer of 1977. Topsoil application <br />started upon completion of backfilling and was completed in <br />September of 1977. Immediately following final grading of <br />the topsoil the site was prepared for seeding by disking. <br />After disking the site was seeded with a rangeland drill <br />pulled by a farm tractor in the fall of 1977. The mixture <br />seeded and the rates of application were as follows: <br />Grasses <br />Revenue Slender Wheatgrass 2.0 <br />Oahe Intermediate Wheatgrass 1.5 <br />Luna Pubescent Wheatgrass 1.5 <br />Lincoln Smooth Brome 2.0 <br />Nordan Desert Wheatgrass 0.25 <br />Sodar Streambank Wheatgrass 0.25 <br />Great Basin Wildrye 0.25 <br />Orchardgrass 0.125 <br />Timothy 0.05 <br />Kentucky Bluegrass 0.02 <br />Durar HardFRescue 0.125 <br />Barton Western Wheatgrass 0.25 <br />8.32 lb.s/acre <br />Forbs <br />Lutana Cicer Milkvetch 0.5 <br />Emerald Crownvetch 0.5 <br />Small Burnet 0.5 <br />Sweetanise 0.5 <br />Alfalfa 0.25 <br />2.25 lbs./acre <br />~, <br />