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Environmental Assessment Bowie Resources, L.L.C. <br />August 2005 Spruce Stomp Federal Coal Exploration License (150- 2005 -43) <br />4. Impermeable ground cloths would be used under the drill rigs and petroleum product <br />containers to reduce the potential for petroleum spills. <br />Vegetation, Range and Fire Management <br />1. The licensee would be responsible for controlling and eradicating noxious weed <br />infestations on the drill sites and access roads until release of the Colorado State -held <br />reclamation bond. The licensee would be responsible for controlling and eradicating <br />noxious weed infestations on all project disturbance areas from the date of discovery up <br />to the point of release of the CDMG reclamation bond and associated reclamation <br />liability. Any herbicides used must be EPA and USDA -FS- approved and would be <br />applied at the recommended rates. <br />2. A timber contract would be required and the Licensee shall be charged the value of the <br />trees removed. Controlled felling techniques would be used. Any slash generated from <br />tree removal operations shall be lopped and scattered to a maximum depth of 2 feet. <br />3. Reseeding would be completed using a certified weed free source of seed. The Licensee <br />would be responsible for controlling spread of, and eradicating noxious weeds until final <br />reclamation is accepted by the USDA -FS. Any hay or straw used shall be certified as <br />weed free. Reseeding would be done with seed mixes described in Tables 2 -1 and 2 -2. <br />Table 2 -1— Mountain Shrub Community Seed Mix <br />Mountain Shrub Community <br />Species <br />Pounds/Acre <br />%Mix' -" <br />Mountain Brome <br />3 <br />14 <br />Prairie junegrass <br />2 <br />10 <br />Western wheatgrass <br />4 <br />19 <br />Indian ricegrass <br />3 <br />14 <br />Sandberg bluegrass <br />3 <br />14 <br />Bluebunch wheatgrass <br />3 <br />14 <br />Erigeron speciosus <br />1 <br />5 <br />Coreposis lancelota <br />1 <br />5 <br />Thermopsis montana <br />1 <br />5 <br />Totals <br />21 <br />100 <br />2 -a <br />