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<br /> <br />Some old road cuts are visible and vegetation has not invaded the <br />roadway due to the hard surface and deep compaction. Bp backfilling the <br />area to a depth of from zero feet on the east end to as much as 15 to 18 <br />feet on the vest end, a much better plant growth medium can be produced, <br />the north side of the drainage channel can be made to look like the <br />south side, and the old road area can be blended topographically with <br />the slope to the north of the drainage channel corridor. <br />Waste rock and fines from the quarry will be used as backfill. It <br />is known that deposition of only limestone waste would not be wise due <br />to the erodibility of the material as yell as the difficulty with <br />revegetating the material. It is not known whether soil will be <br />available for coverage of the fill area, but if soil can be acquired <br />from a "donated^ source then the area would undoubtedly be topsoiled. <br />No topsoil exists on the area to be backfilled which could be salvaged <br />and replaced. As will be described later, the area will be revegetated <br />using the same highly successful mixture used on the area to the south <br />of the drainage channel. Some compaction will be done while <br />backfilling, but not to the extent the roadway exhibits. <br />REVEGETATION OF AREAS: Revegetation of the regraded east end of the <br />shop slope will use methods already described in previous documentation. <br />Revegetation of the sediment basin area as well as the backfilled old <br />access road will use methods identical to those utilized on the area <br />south of the drainage course. That seed mixture produced a high rate of <br />success and seems to be a very fast cover producer. <br />The banks of the drainage channel will be approzimately 3:1 and <br />will also be seeded. Depending upon available moisture on the drainage <br />channel banks. trees (Cottonwood) may also be planted. <br />Page 5 of 6 Pikeview TR N0.6 July 1987 <br />