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-6- <br />directly redistributed over the regraded area, in sequence with mining, as <br />much as possible. If additional topsoil were needed, it would have been taken <br />from the topsoil stockpiles. Soils were to be tested just prior to <br />respreading to determine application rates of nitrogen and phosphorus. Small <br />tree seedlings and shrubs were to be removed from topsoil stripping areas and <br />mechanically transplanted to reclaimed areas concurrently with the <br />distribution of topsoil during the dormant season. <br />Upon final reclamation, rangeland areas will be reseeded with a mix of <br />grasses, fortis and shrubs to return the area to a rangeland-wildlife use. <br />Locations which had previously been used for dryland wheat cultivation will be <br />returned to this use. <br />The landowner has requested by letter that the existing access road 6e left as <br />constructed at the end of the 5-year mining activity. The landowner is also <br />in agreement with the proposed post-mining land use of dryland farming and <br />wildlife habitat. Mine support facilities in the wheat field will be removed <br />and the area restored to its present condition. <br />