PERMFILE66720

• Permit No: M1992058
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/11/1992
• Doc Name: RECLAMATION PLAN MICA WHITE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• United States • So i ~ - -- - - ;==~Do~ i er- Avenue
DeF,ar-trnent of C:c,n III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (aric~ri C i t.y, Cri ;:1:_1::
Agriculture Ser 99y F'tir~rre (71'') '~75-•r4;:,"'~
SUGJEC"C: Rec I a.mat i on P I an MICA (a~~ ~~ DATE: iri,-,y 11 , i.5-^~:_
TG: L~i I I Tezal:
C.,Inrado (juarr-ies
::717 Sc~utt~ 15th Street
Canon C: i ty, Cp :1~1'
SI-fE F'FiEF'ARATIiJN: Ur~su i tat. l e soil mater- i a l st~ou I d F-~e r-ern~~ve ~ ar~cl tour i FBI
so tl-~ai; it; dc,es n.?t adversely affect waiver- quality c~i- plant gr-owtl~.
Areas tc~ tie graded steal I tie cleared of trees, Ic~gs, t~r-ust~, a.r~d ar~y
ether material that would interfere with r-eclarnatiGn operations.
L~c~u I der-s, c~tF~er rc~c):s, ar~d s erne I ar' mater- i al st~a I I tie tour- i ed nr-
c~ther~.~ i se p I aced where they do not interfere with rec I arnat i can
c~oer'atic~r~s, plar~r~ed land use, car- adversely affect; plant gr-c~wtt~.
F'I arcs ar-e fc~r- the r-nck tr. tie ?luarr i ed and i:t~en shipped e I =_.ewl~ere
for- pr-ocessir~g. TY~e cr-ush~er- f ir~es left ever- after- pr-ncessir~l wi I ~ ti r-
r-etur-r~red tc~ tt~e site ar~d used i r~ f i real rec I a.rnat i on. "I-t. i s rr.a.ter- i a !
should tie stock piled ar~d pr-otected for- use as final cover- rnat:er-iai.
Ar~y ar-ea.s used for bc~r-r-~?w rnater-ial wi I I need to tie grade„ ar~d st~a.l.~e~i l-.~~
blend in with the adJacent Iandsca.pe and final sloF~es of the area. to tie
rec l aimed.
All r-c•ads to tie r-eclairned ar~d e:;cavatror~~; sF~~~uld tie st~apecl aii~_I
grade~l t; r, I?ler~~i ire with tt~e original slope. The plar~r~ed I~~cat-ic~r~ f~~r
roost of tl~e roads is up Alkali Gulch, this is sut~,iect to c~~r~cer~tr«te~_I
f I ows and w i I I be difficult tr. revege'tate. However, rnucf~ :~f the
ea:is'tir~g t~ottorn ref tt~e ct~arrr~el is t~edr-ocl;, ar~d er-.:sii~r~ st~c~uld rir~t t•e ~~
problem. It st,ould natural ly r-evegeta.te itself ~?ver tune.
Ar.y r~igr~ walls should be graded tc~ a lower- slr~pe iF pc~ssit~le, i~r
i f the•/ ar-e tc. tie covered, s l aped c~r~ a 1/'~ tc~ l slope t~efore 't tie ...:~ i l
is placed against the wall. Final grading shcwld leave =_.lopes flat:Ler
than =~: 1 , where a.t a l I possible. SI apes ~~f E•: 1 or flatter are much
rn?ire des i rat.I e for- greater success i n revege tat i nn and oF~er-at i on c~F
e•~uiprner~t. Ir. sc~rne areas, sr~al Ic.w depressic~r~s rnigt~t be left after
final shaping. These would serve to collect water- to encourage the
estate I i shrnent of native trees ar~d shr-ut~s, a.s we I I as pr-ov i ~j i nq Borne
e::tra wi Idl ife hat~itat. f-'la.ns are to mine in such a rnanr~er- as to Ica.•~e
a ser i ras c.f F~ i gt~ wal I s ar~d ber~ct~es. Reseed i r.g wi I I t;e cc~r~cer~tr-a t,ed r~ri
these flatter tenches where there will tie a much higher chance of
success.
At ttie time cif r-eclarnatior~, tt~e stocl::pi led tc~psoi I (c.r-usFier- {'irres)
sl-n:wld L-~e spread about r. inches thick raver- tl~e area to tie recIaimed and
then d i sced or ripped to i ncc~r-pc~rate i't wi tt~ arty sut~sur-fa.ce mater- i a.l .
FERTILIZATIiiN: We recornrnend that ferti I izer tie a.ppl ied tc~ t:he area to
be r-ec I a irned, e i tt~er pr- i car- to seeding nr after- grass seed I i ngs have
reached the ~ to ~ leaf stage. Nc~ less than ~:@t pounds of of nitrr.~gen
(N) aril •+F QI pc~ur~ds of pt,ospt~ate (F'~:05) per- acre st~c~uld tie aF~pl ied,
unless a sail analysis indicate=_. sufficient amounts ~-,f tl-~ese element=_.
Anirnat rnar,ures, or similar organic rnater-ial, may tie used to supply a.l!
~~r- par-~t c.f ttie specified r~utr- i er~t-s.