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' Pikeview Quarry Environmental Assessment <br />Page 21 <br />iii) The project will comply with applicable Federal and State water quality laws and <br />regulations. <br />iv) Operations and conditions in [he gravel pit azea will have minimal impact on the <br /> wildlife. This azea is not known to be used exclusively for activities critical to the <br /> life cycles of wildlife that require special consideration. <br /> v) Revegetation of the disturbed areas will aim at the reestablishment, over time, of the <br />' conditions observed in the naturally occurring forest community of the surrounding <br /> area. <br /> vi) The application of fertilizer is discouraged during revegetation. In general, <br />fertilization would only optimize the enviromnent for weed growth which is not <br /> desirable. Fertilization would also greatly reduce the rate of vegetational <br /> development in secondary succession. <br /> vii) Nursery stock planting should be configured in irregulaz and more or less random <br /> patterns for habitat and aesthetic purposes. <br /> viii) Upon the establishment and maturation of naturally occurring vegetation, the habitat <br /> will be managed as it was before the proposed activity was begun. <br />' <br /> ix) Access roads will be maintained until completion of mining activities and then <br /> reclaimed along with adjacent land. <br />ll b <br />i <br />ibl <br />fr <br />h <br /> x) e v <br />s <br />om t <br />e access <br />A sign will be posted at the entrance of the quarry and wi <br />e <br /> road, showing the operator's name; a statement that a permit has been issued for the <br /> operation by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd; and the permit number. <br /> xi) The boundaries of the permitted land will be clearly delineated by placement of <br />' monuments or other mazkers. <br /> B -Performance Standards for National Forest System Lands <br /> <br /> i) After trees are harvested, the remaining shrubs, forbs and tree limbs along with <br /> grasses will be removed and stockpiled sepazately from the topsoil. <br /> ii) Soils stripped in summer and stockpiled for a period expected to be greater than one <br /> growing season will be seeded with slender wheatgrass, a short-lived native species. <br />' iii) Topsoil and subsoil removed from the National Forest System lands during the <br /> layback operation would be stockpiled sepazately along the western boundary of the <br /> layback area, after layback is initiated. These stockpiles will remain on National <br /> Forest System lands no longer than 3 yeazs and topsoil will be reapplied to the <br /> benched areas as soon as mining and regrading aze complete (which will be less than <br /> 3 yeazs). <br />Hydrosphere Resourcc Consultants, 1002 Walnut Street Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302 <br />