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Reclamation Plan - • g Pit • <br />Page 2 <br />of six inches. The topsoiled areas will then be revegetated using the <br />follo~~~ing procedures which are es-yea-~}y as recommended by the Soil <br />Conservation Service. <br />~~r'~~ A commercial fertilizer will be placed with amount and type based on <br />soils analysis at the time of reclamation. <br />Seeding will be performed using a combination of Western Wheatgrass <br />t~~~ and Sanfoin. The land owner does not want any legume used that may <br />~~ <br />bloat livestock. <br />d~ <br />No irrigation is planned for reclamation purposes. <br />The haul road into the pit area exists at present and is used by <br />the land owner. No improvement or reclamation is planned for this road. <br />Equipment planned for cleaning up the existing pit and for final <br />grading of the new pit include scrapers and dozers. The revegetation work <br />will be performed by standard farm equipment and hand-held "cyclone seeders" <br />The resulting reclaimed pit should provide stable slopes and through <br />drainage that will not harm existing water, air or soil conditions: The <br />change from a predominately pinon and juniper tree cover to a range land <br />type vegetation will eliminate some wildlife cover, but will add food <br />for both livestock and wildlife. <br />Due to the great depth of gravel it is expected that no more than <br />three acres will be excavated in one year with an average of one to two <br />acres per year over the life of the pit. As the worked out area of the <br />pit will be between the area of mining and the stockpile area, no re- <br />\ clamation is planned to begin until the pit is completely excavated. <br />This may be anywhere from eight to twenty years from the start of operations. <br />~~ The work involved will take approximately one month and be performed in the <br />fall. <br />