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geotechnical aspects of the mining and reclamation plan are presented within Volume VH of the <br />permit application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine will be reclaimed to [he post-mining land uses of rangeland, wildlife <br />habitat and industrial. The approval of Permit Revision No. 6 would add cropland and <br />pastureland to the post-mining land uses. All facilities azeas and some roads will be reclaimed to <br />reestablish [he approximate original contour of the land. All portals, shafts and monitoring wells <br />will be backfilled, in accordance with the applicable rules and with the reclamation details <br />provided within the permit application. Some of the roads, which existed prior to mining, will be <br />retained to serve the postmining land use. <br />Topsoil will be redistributed on all disturbed areas. The soils will be tested for nutrient <br />deficiencies, and fertilizers will be applied as needed. <br />Revegetation will be implemented using the seed mixes approved. Four permanent seed mixes <br />are approved. One mix will be applied to areas which were identified as Meadow prior [o <br />mining, and another seed mix will be applied to the azeas identified as Juniper Woodland and <br />Mixes Shrub communities prior to mining. Mulch will be applied at an approximate rate of 4000 <br />pounds per acre. The USDA-FS provided its own reclamation seed mixes for disturbed areas on <br />USFS lands. One seed mix is for the mountain shrub community and the other is for the <br />aspen/spruce/fir community. The Division had suggested the addition of three fortis into the seed <br />mixes. However, the USDA-FS declined the suggestion. BRL has accepted the USDA-FS <br />reclamation seed mixes, with the knowledge that the reclamation success standazds will still <br />apply. Approval of Permit Revision No. 6 would add two new seed mixes into the reclamation <br />requirements. One seed mix is for reclamation of the hayland areas and the other is for <br />reclamation of the pasture areas. <br />Hydrologic and subsidence monitoring will occur throughout the operational and reclamation <br />phases of the Bowie No. 2 Mine project. While deleterious hydrologic or subsidence-related <br />impacts aze not anticipated, the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application contains mitigation plans <br />to be implemented if negative impacts are detected. <br />18 <br />