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<br />EXHIBTT E <br />With the receipt of fertilizer recommendations, fertilizer (excepting nitrogen) will be broadcast <br />over the surface at rates specified as a result of soil tests. The seedbed will be disked or <br />otherwise roughened to incorporate the fertilizer into the applied soil and to prepaze the area for <br />seeding. Depending upon slope angle, the seed mixture shown in Table E-4: Grassland Planting <br />Mixture will either be drilled (with the specified shrub seed broadcast over the seedbed <br />concurrently) or broadcast over the seedbed surface. The planted area will be mulched with <br />straw at a rate of 2.0 tons per acre and the mulch anchored by crimping if the slopes are 3H:1 V <br />or less. On steeper slopes, the surface will be hydromulched. <br />The required amount of nitrogen fertilizer will be broadcast over the seeded area at the beginning <br />of the second growing season. <br />Pit SloQg Buffer Zone <br />Revegetation of this disturbance will occur as for the overburden stockpiles with two exceptions. <br />If soil was not removed prior to disturbance, the revegetation sequence will proceed from <br />ripping/disking to soil sample collection to be followed by fertilization, seedbed preparation, <br />seeding, and mulching. Second, drill seeding will be completed to be followed by straw <br />mulching and mechanical crimping given the nearly level topography of the proposed <br />disturbance. <br />Soil Stockpile Locations ., <br />Following the removal of stockpiled soil, the stockpile area will be ripped or disked as necessary <br />to eliminate compaction. The soil will then be sampled and the samples sent to the laboratory for <br />analysis. Fertilizer (excepting nitrogen) will be broadcast over the prepared area at rates <br />recommended as a result of the soil analysis and the soil disked a second time to incorporate the <br />fertilizer into the seedbed. The area will be drill seeded to the mixture shown in Table E-4: <br />Grassland Planting Mixture with the specified shrub seed broadcast over the seedbed <br />concuttently. Following seeding, the seeded area will be mulched with 2.0 tons of straw per acre <br />and the straw anchored by crimping, <br />The requ'ved amount of nitrogen fertilizer will be broadcast over the seeded area at the beginning <br />of the second growing season. <br />Access/Haul Roads <br />Following decommissioning of any road roads, excluding the reconstructed farm access road, <br />any surfacing material will be removed and disposed of. The roadbed will then be ripped to <br />relieve compaction. If soil was stripped from the road prior to surfacing, the disturbance will be <br />resoiled to a depth necessary to achieve approximate original surface elevations and contours. <br />The graded roadbed will then be disked, fertilized, seeded, and mulched as described under Soil <br />Stockpile Locations, above. Table E-5: Adjunct Disturbance Seed Mixture presents the mixture <br />which will be used. <br />Stabilization of Adjunct Disturbances <br />During mining, the soil surface maybe disturbed at equipment staging areas and similar sites <br />resulting in a loss of vegetation cover. In such cases, where soil was not removed prior to <br />disturbance, extensive application of revegetation techniques is not desirable where a more <br />