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RECLAMATION PLAN <br />Reclamation activities of pads and roads will follow when it is decided by MCC that the <br />drill holes are not performing their intended purpose. As roads and pads can be <br />downsized to accommodate operation of the exhausting blowers, MCC, will to the extent <br />possible, conduct contemporaneous reclamation. <br />I. Upon completion of each phase of activity at a given site, all debris, trash, and <br />drilling related equipment, or de-gas housing will be removed from the site. <br />2. When the mud pit or pits aze sufficiently dry, they will be filled with stored <br />soil material and compacted to minimize any settling. <br />3. A backhoe and a bulldozer will redistribute material on and around the drill <br />pad to achieve as closely as practicable the original contour of the site. The <br />area will then be ripped or scarified. <br />4. Stored topsoil will be distributed as evenly as possible over the disturbed pad <br />area. <br />5. The entire drill pad area and reclaimed roads will be re-seeded using an <br />approved USFS seed mix or mixes as directed by the USFS. The following <br />seed mix is a seed mix that has been approved by the USFS for drill sites on <br />adjacent lands: <br />Species <br />PLS lb/Acre <br />Mountain Brome - Bromus marginatus 5 <br />Prairie junegrass - Koelaria cristata 4 <br />Slender Wheatgrass -Agropyron trachycaulum 4 <br />Blue Bunchgrass-Agropyron spicatum 4 <br />Sandburg bluegrass - Poa sandburgii 4 <br />This seed mixture will be a minimum of 90 percent pure live seed and <br />applied at the rate of 40 pounds per acre. <br />6. The pad azeas will be fertilized (30-0-0, minimum NPK), seeded with the <br />approved seed mix, and mulched (certified weed-free straw). <br />