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' ~ ~~ <br />Page Five January 15, 1980 <br />1. General <br />a. The Division of Wildlife is reviewing this portion of <br />the application. A copy of their findings will be <br />sent at a future date. <br />ANSWER: N/A <br />F. Exhibit J - Vegetation Information <br />1. We will need a detailed baseline vegetation inventory. <br />This can be obtained through the U.S. Soil Conservation <br />Service. <br />ANSWER: The following grasses dominate the area: (1) Boote Louabuchioe - <br />(Blue Grammy - Buffalo Grass), (2) Agropyron Smithii - (Western Wheat- <br />grass), (3) Diatichiis Stricta - (Salt Grass), and (4) Sporoboius <br />Airoides - (Alkali Sacaton); with the largest areas being salt grass and <br />alkali sacaton. <br />G. Exhibit L - Reclamation Costs <br />1. Please specify the maximum number of acres that will be <br />in the major, moderate and minor disturbance categories <br />at any paint in time. <br />ANSWER: 100 Acres +- will be the maximum area to be disturbed at one <br />time as follows: (1) 40 acres - Major Disturbance, (2) 50 acres - Mod- <br />erate Disturbance, and (3) 10 acres - Minor Disturbance <br />2. Please figure reclamation costs for all phases of the <br />reclamation process. The staff will use this information <br />as a guide for bonding purposes. <br />ANSWER: Reclamation process cost per phase is very difficult to figure. <br />The reclamation process will be continually taking place. As extraction <br />is completed in one area and processing moved to the next area, the <br />completed area will then be reclaimed. As new areas are opened up, old <br />areas will have topsoil replaced. <br />As soon as topsoil is replaced, ground will be made ready for <br />planting, soil testing, fertilizing, etc. Drilling of seed to follow <br />as soon as suitable moisture and weather permit. Approximate cost is: <br />(1) $6.00 to $8.00 per acre for fertilizer, (2) $2.00 per acre for appli- <br />cation of fertilizer, (3) $20.00 per acre for seed, (4) $5.00 per acre <br />for oat nurse crop, (5) $2.00 per acre for planting, and (6) $63.00 <br />per acre for preparing seed bed for a total of $100.00. <br />H. Exhibit M - Local Government Approval <br />