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OTHER AREAS CONTINUED: .5 acres pipeline 1.0 acres heater-treater 1.0 acres meteorological 1.0 acres communications 1.0 acres stack site 43.65 acres recontoured plant and load-out facility tower and access road site 30.00 acres disposal pile at angle of repose after two benches are created 73.65 TOTAL ACRES STEP 2: Stockpiled "soil like material" will be placed over the benches (10 acres at least six inches thick, any extra will be placed on the disposal pile where the slope is less than 20 percent (mainly at the edges). "Soil like material" will be stockpiled at the toe of the disposal pile. The same material from cut areas will be replaced by recontouring fill to cut areas with a backhoe or dozer on roads, treater plant area, ponds, raise areas, parking, helo-pad, and substation area (total of 31.85 acres). The upper and lower portals plus the research mine bench and dump (6.8 plus 5 acres) will be left as a rock outcropping, since no "soil like material" is or was originally available from these areas. The talus slope and rock outcropping will be created, similiar to surrounding slopes. STEP 3: Soil tests of the "soil like material" just before planting will determine fertilization (this will probably be minimal in quantity but can be quite important on disturbed and stored material). Soil tests indicate a need for 80 lbs/acre N, 100 lbs/acre P and 50 lbs/acre K. STEP 4: Broadcast seeding will be done with grass and fortis in late fall because 1 it overcomes inherent dormancy, (2) cold winter temperatures stimulate seedlings into more rapid growth, (3) the longer period of available adequate moisture produces larger seedlings, which can better withstand heat and drought in summer, (4) loss of seed to seed-collecting animals is reduced because many of these animals hibernate. (Seeding will be according to the previous listed species mixture). STEP 5: Compact and walk-in seed with bulldozer on benches, other areas that can be re-contoured and too steep for the dozer will be hand-raked to cover the seed. STEP 6: Cover in the fall with jute matting. STEP 7: In early spring, shrubs will be transplanted early enough to expect a period of 4 to 6 weeks when soil moisture remains adequate for development of a good root system. Transplanting in any season other than spring is not likely to be successful unless supplementary water can be supplied.