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4.3 APPENDIX C The quantity of seed applied on-the-ground will be determined on a Pure Live Seed (PLS) basis, PLS being defined as "tested purity rate" x "tested rate of germirtation" For example, the quantity of western wheatgrass seed (95 percent purity, 70 percent germination) needed to meet a stipulated 1.0 pound PLS/acre application rate: Actual applied seed rate =required PLS rate (Ib per acre) PLS index = 1.0 Ib per acre - 0.9 x 0.70 = 1.5 Ib per acre Site-adapted, tested seed for the current year is required and is subject to the approval of the authorized officer (copies of the seed labels will be furnished to the authorized officer). Specific cultural practices that promote the establishment and survival of seeded forts and shrubs will be employed where practicable, subject to the approval of the authorized officer. On-site burial of concrete or asphalt at the lime of sodium mine site decommissioning is subject to prior approval of the authorized officer. The designated operator/lessee shall promptly remove and dispose of all waste to an approved landfill, as directed by the authorized officer. The term "waste" as toed herein means all discarded matter including, but not limited to, human waste, trash, garbage, refuse, petroleum products, ashes, and equipment. Drainages shall not be blocked with loose dirt or debris. Before termination of the authorized facilities, the designated operator/lessee shall contact the authorized officer to arrange a joint inspection of the facilities and disturbance. The inspection will be held to determine if any reasonable and necessary changes, revisions, or additions need to be made to the approved restoration and rehabilitation plan. Reclaimed areas will be fenced off with four strand barbed wire fence with braced comer posts conforming to BLM Type D fence specifications (Appendix A of the drat[ EIS). Reclaimed areas shall remain fenced so as to effectively exclude livestock use for a minimum of three complete growing seasons following final reclamation work and until bond release is approved by the authorized officer. 4.3.8 Range and Wildlife All powerlines and electric transmission facilities (aboveground) will conform to accepted raptor protection design criteria as presented in: Suggested Practices jot Raptor Protection on Powerfines-Stare ojthe Art in 1981, Raptor Research Repot No. 4, Raptor Research Founda- lion, c/o Carpenter St. Croix Nature Center, 12805 St. Croix Trail, Hastings, Minnesota 55033. Upon completion of BLM's Section 7 Consultation requirements with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, any threatened and endangered species conservation measures developed through the Section 7 Consultation process will be required of the designated operator/lessee. In the event any raptor nest site is encountered during facility siting or well field constmpton, the designated operator/lessee shall notify the authorized officer imme- diately. Appropriate mitigative measures will be formulated at this lime by the White River Resource Area Manager, es necessary. Where the authorized officer determines that consumption of contaminated water will be detrimental to animals, the designated operator/lessee shall prevent access by appropriate fencing with 8-foot high woven wire or chain link fence. The evaporation ponds shall be fenced in this manner. The applicant will be responsible for offsetting short-term mule deer habitat losses associated with well field development and life-of-mine Facilities. Under the direction of BLM, the designated operator/lessee shall be responsible for implementing mule deer habitat enhancement practices within the Piceance Basin at 5-year intervals through mine life. Habitat enhancement measures will be based our the extent of mule deer habitat lost or made unavailable over each 5-year period, from the first year of development through the end of mine life (Environmental Consequences, Mule Deer). Specific practices that would be considered include, but are not necessarily limited to: 1. Mechanical brush manipulation 2. Range seeding 3. Prescribed burns 4. Water developments The performance goal for mule deer habitat mitigation shall be to replace forage resources effectively lost over each 5-year period. BLM and the designated operator/lessee, in coordination with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, will appraise habitat losses, determine habitat enhancement needs, and formulate project methodology and design. All mitigation work will be subject to the approval of the BLM. The designated operator/lessee shall be responsible for conducting annual raptor breeding activity inventories in pinyon juniper habitats affected by well field development through mime life. These surveys shall be conducted by qualified personnel with demonstrated training and practical field experience in raptor behavior and breeding biology. The surveys wi6 be conducted during May or June of each year and will encompus a study area which is comprised of that portion of the well field which would be affected 2 years in advance of current miming activity and a 5(!0- 4.3-6