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• ~ge 6 <br />June 18, 1985 <br />Sand Pit <br />C. Farrell <br />the developer's problem. Our goal is to reclaim the land to a condition <br />that would be suitable for either industrial development or utilization <br />as greenbelt or grazing or parkland. It is also our opinion that the <br />use of drainage systems on this land is essentially counterproductive to <br />producing the best re vegetation. <br />Item 5: What is the proposed method of planting? <br />RESPONSE: Slopes in excess of 5:1 will be broadcast. All other <br />1 areas will be either drilled or broadcast. The seeding rates in the <br />amendment are designed for broadcasting. If drilled, the rates will be <br />reduced by approximately 50%. <br />Item 6: Please discuss the possibility of creating "plant growth <br />media" by incorporating excavated clay lenses, manure, mulch, and <br />chemical fertilizers to the fines planned to be utilized as "top- <br />dressing". <br />Amending the fines as described may increase the water- <br />holding capacity and nutrient-supply, thereby facilitating, and possibly <br />promoting, reclamation success. <br />RESPONSE: Creating suitable plant growth media is always a problem <br />J on land that is deficient in soils or even has very poor soils. Because <br />much of the reclamation work done by Castle Concrete is on previously <br />mined land where soil is scarce or totally absent, we have considerable <br />experience in the revegetation of "spoil". Manure would certainly be <br />highly beneficial, but it is not available in large quantities in the <br />Colorado Springs area. <br />Clay lenses do not occur in this material. Additional minus 200 <br />particles would need to be hauled in. <br />Chemical fertilizer is about all that is left to use on the <br />materials. These, of course, will be used as soil tests indicate. We <br />feel that they should have a limited use. We do not wish to develop a <br />"hydroponic" situation. Instead, by using a combination of deep rooted <br />species and shallow rooted species, they can work together to eventually <br />create a soil in those areas where it is deficient. <br />Another alternative which may be quite possible, but certainly <br />cannot be depended upon, is the possibility of various contractors <br />hauling in their "wastes". Sometimes, these wastes are actually very <br />good soil material and if, so to speak, someone came knocking at the <br />door wanting a place to dispose of it, we would certainly not hesitate <br />