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Hussrs. uaut.~ :uul ~'r:uie August 29, L980 • P 3 age everything in its power to obtain the species and amounts needed for adequate reclamation. As~stated i.n the permit application Energy Fuels will plant approximately 10,000 seedlings per year using the follolring te~yativa ~peei®s composition'list:9 Species Number Percent Snowberry 4,000 40 Woods Rose 1,000 10 Hansen Rose 1,000 10 Floneysuckle 1,000 10 Chokecherry 2,000 20 Old Nan Wormwood 1,000 10 Energy Fuels will plant additional native species such as bitter- brush, serviceberry, oakbrush and aspen if supplies are available, but will not plant exotic species other than those listed herein without prior approval of the regulatory authority. Planting stock will be adapted local nursery material with acceptable root development and aclimation. Normally 1 - 0 stock will be planted. ~ Sbzrbs will be transplanted at the rate of aooroximate~iY~.ig9s_-•~- ~ ~R.. Spacing will be performed randomly across the landscape. Front-End Loader Transplants As stated in Energy Fuels' permit, approximately 40,000 tr~N ;d shrubs per year will be transplanted by front-end loader from ara~ s~duled for mining to areas ready f.or reclamati~I. The areas receiving loader transplants will generally be those areas identified as aspen Sn the premining plant communities. Emphasis will be given to the aspen areas, although some shrub transplanting will be done in oakbrush and mountain shrub communities. ~r®ximately 20,900 aspen will be moved annually as well as ~A~AO~ serviceberry, 6,000 chokecherry and 4,000 oakbru9R. Special care will be taken to assure that clones are planted in depressions and draws which have a natural setting and which collect above-average moisture. Clones will be spaced across the hillside to provide cover and seed sources for subsequent natural plant succession. Approximate stocking rate y{,~~ b2'".• between tw .~pgrr ,aese. General Appearance of Reclaimed Areas It is difficult to accurately predict of postmining vegetation communities, but a able from past reclamation a[ Energy Fuels' ,C.t4 the appearance and composition , reasonable picture is avail-." mines. Communities seeded tom ,.