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Permit M77-424 Amendment 1 <br />Exhibit E <br />Page 6 of 6 <br />detrimental affects to successful reclamation. Monitoring will be conducted <br />quarterly unfit the lands are relinquished for warranty release. Maintenance will <br />include any onsite activity to repair or improve revegetation and reclamation <br />success. Possible maintenance activities include re-seeding of areas of poor plant <br />productivity, weed control, erosion control modifications, fertilization, and fence <br />repair. <br />10. Fence Removal. Depending on site conditions, specifically the potential for <br />grazing damage, removal of the existing wildlife security fence may not occur <br />until after revegetation goals are met (percent cover and plant diversity). If it is <br />decided to leave the fence in place until after successful revegetation, arubber- <br />tired backhoe or similar equipment will be used to remove the fence materials. <br />Post-revegetation fence removal will require that work be conducted with as little <br />disturbance as possible. Should significant disturbance occur during this time, <br />disturbed surfaces will be revegetated using the seed mix shown in Table I. <br />Evaporation Pond Road <br />The evaporation pond access road consists of an area of approximately 20 feet wide by <br />1,700 feet long, an area of approximately 0.8 acres. The final total disturbed acreage may <br />be slightly larger considering the cut and fill on the upper portion of the road. However, <br />approximately 1,450 feet or 0.7 acres of this road was in place prior to pond construction <br />(based on the U.S.G.S. 71/2 minute Red Pinnacle quadrangle, 1962). It is not known at <br />this time if this road will remain in place for rancher access or will be reclaimed at the <br />request of the BLM. For this amendment, the cost of the entire road's reclamation has <br />been included in Exhibit L. <br />Reclamation of the road will include removal and disposal of the steel post and cable <br />guardrail and recontouring of the upper portion of the road. Recontouring will involve <br />blading or pulling-back the fill towards the cut to blend with hillslope topography. If <br />sufficient topsoil of notable quality is available from pond reclamation activities, topsoil <br />will be placed on the final grade, otherwise it is assumed that the regraded and <br />recontoured material will be sufficient for seeding. The final grade and all portions of the <br />road will be scarified and revegetated consistent with specifications in item 8 above. <br />