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. • i <br />ADEQUACY COMMENTS <br />1. The Division understands and appreciates the Fountain Colony commitment <br />to reclaiming disturbed areas as contemporaneously as practicable. The <br />Division actively encourages this activity as it not only accomplishes <br />land reclamation, but reduces the operator's reclamation liability at any <br />one point in time. To accomplish this contemporaneous reclamation, the <br />Division asks the applicant to plan a road system within the mining area <br />which will allow for efficient site access, yet minimizes disturbances <br />through areas which have been reclaimed. <br />?. Exhibit C, Mining Plan Map, should show the proposed or anticipated <br />locations of any aggregate stockpiles located on site. It is suggested <br />that these stockpiles be located in the Phase I area if at all possible. <br />3. The spring referenced in Exhibit G could not be located on Exhibits C or <br />F. Please address the spring location, the ownership of the spring, and <br />its adjudicated use, if any. <br />4. The staff has found that a crimped mulch application (such as air-dried <br />straw) not only resists wind erosion, but greatly enhances the organic <br />matter content of replaced topsoil and helps to protect seed from <br />foraging wildlife. The Division suggests that the operator evaluate <br />crimping two tons of air-dried straw per acre subsequent to seed <br />application. <br />5. The Division suggests that the operator substitute cicer milkvetch for <br />yellow sweetclover in both the penmanent and topsoil stockpile seed <br />mixes. Cicer milkvetch will supply many of the positive characteristics <br />that yellow sweetclover does, but is not normally as aggressive as yellow <br />sweetclover. Species substitution may enhance the long-teen probability <br />of establishing a diverse vegetative cover at the site. <br />6. The Division encourages the operator to salvage usable topsoil from <br />proposed roadways. Although not specifically required by the <br />regulations, salvaging of this resource inay prove to be beneficial to <br />site reclamation efforts. This may be particularly important if a number <br />of the proposed access roads will not be left for post~nining use. <br />