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• 15 • <br />NORTHWEST MINING UNIT <br />Reclamation of the 8-acre northwest unit shall begin upon completion of the gravel <br />extraction operations for portions not covered by temporary stockpiles. r1s with previous <br />unit restoration the north and west headwalls shall be smoothed and sloped shallower than <br />3H:1 V. Bare pit floor areas shall be finish-graded, and all graded surfaces topsoiled from <br />surface soil stripped from the next mining tout seeded and mulched at the appropriate <br />climatic opportunity. Warranty reduction for partially completed reclamation shall be <br />requested as appropriate. Similar reclamation operations for the balance of the northwest <br />unit sltatl be conducted as soon as stockpiles of produced materials and topsoil stockpiles <br />for the reclamation of the next mining unit are removed from the site. <br />FEEDLOT MINING UNIT <br />The livestock feed trough at the north edge of the feedlot mining unit shall be dismantled <br />and stored to be re-installed or discarded at the option of the landowner. Restoration of <br />the 8-acre feedlot unit shall be dela}•ed until mining is completed in order to utilize the <br />worked-out pit areas for processing and stockpiling. When mining is completed to the west <br />boundary the west headwall backslope and most of the north headwall backslope shall be <br />graded smooth at a shallower than 3H:1 V backslope. West portions of the pit floor not <br />still needed for operations shall be IIattened and fmish-graded. Backslopes and pi[ floor so <br />prepared sltatl be topsoiled. seeded, and mulched for rangeland restoration. Topsoil shall <br />be supplied from topsoil stored in stockpile just north of the central access road in the <br />northwest mining unit. <br />Warranty reduction for partially completed portions of the unit reclamation shall be <br />requested at appropriate intervals. The balance of reclamation in the feedlot unit shall be <br />dela}'ed until all mining is completed at the site and temporary stockpiles are removed Yi~om <br />the site. <br />RE-SEEDING SPECIFICATION <br />PER NATURAL RESOU RCES CONSERVA TION SERVICE <br />(Formerly Soil Conservation Service) <br />WESTERN WHEATGRASS (Arriba) 25X x 16.0 = 4.0 Lb/Ac PLS <br />BLUE BUNCH WHEATGRASS (Seca) 25S x 14.0 = 3.5 " <br />INDIAN RICEGRASS (Nrsp~) 20X x 12.0 = 2.4 " <br />BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL 25X x 16.0 = 4.0 " <br />PALMER PENSRAMON SX x 8.0 = 0.4 " <br />BIG SAGEBRUSH (optional) 0.1 " <br />Fertilize per soil analysis a[ the time; minimum: 4011 NZ (nitrogen), 4011 <br />P205(phosphorus), 0.01! K (potassium). Crimped mulch 2 ton /Ac. <br />