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Ms. Erica Crosby, Division of Minerals and Geology <br />March 23, 2005 <br />Page 14 ~~ <br />32. The applicant provided a list of plants to be planted upon reclamation of the site. Plead 4lgtet e s°>tu R c E s, i r c <br />the location of these tree plantings. !n addition, please clarify if the plant schedule listed on <br />Exhibit 5 of 7 is per acre, per pond, or total for the site. <br />Many of the proposed plantings will be planted at the beginning of each mining phase, to help screen <br />mining operations. The Mining Plan Map shows the locations of the trees and shrubs to be planted <br />during the mining operation. The Reclamation Plan Map shows the locations of the trees and shrubs <br />to be planted during reclamation. Because the 1'=300' scale is relatively small for this site, our <br />application also includes a Mining Landscape Plan {refer to sheets 4 and 5} that show details of the <br />areas to be planted and a Reclamation Landscape Plan (refer to sheet 7) for your use. The plant <br />schedules are on the associated landscape plans. The plant schedules shown on the maps are the <br />total for the site. <br />33. On page 17 of the application, it states that the proposed seed mix and application rates in <br />pounds of pure live seed per acre are described on the following pages. The application did <br />not provide this IisS and is only noted on Exhibit 5 of 7. Please provide the proposed seed <br />mixture as state in the application. <br />We thought that the maps were part of the permit application. Following are the proposed seed <br />mixes. We have modified the mixes and obtained NCRS' verbal approval. <br />Common Name Scientific Name Variety 100% % in Mix Total Lbs PLS <br /> PLS1Acre er acre <br />Western Wheatgrass Pascopyrum Arriba, 16.0 20 3.2 <br /> smithii Barton <br />Sideoats Grama Bouteioua Vaughn, 9.0 20 2.0 <br /> Curti endula Butte <br />Blue Grama Bouteloua Covington, 3.0 25 0.8 <br /> racillis Hachita <br />Green Needle rass Sti a viridufa Lodom 10.0 15 1.5 <br />Switchgrass Panicum 4.5 20 0.9 <br /> vir atum <br />little Bluestem Schizachryrium Cimarron, 7.0 15 1.0 <br /> sco arium Cam er <br />'total 100% 10.7 <br />Forts that will also be added to the mix: <br />Common Name Scientific Variety 100% <br />~ <br /> Name PLSfAcre <br />I <br />Pu le Prairie Clover 0.5 <br />4-Win Saltbush 0.5 <br />Prairie coneflower Ratibida 0.5 <br /> columnifera <br />Scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea 0.5 <br /> coccinea <br />Tall one-sided Penstemon 0.5 <br />' penstemon virgatus var. <br /> asa ra i <br />