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times the drill seeding rate for the permanent seed mix used. Hydroseeding will be <br />• completed as one separate pass followed by a second pass to apply mulch and tackifier. <br />Immediately after completion of hydroseeding, the area will be hydromulched with 2,000 <br />pounds per acre of virgin wood fibre mulch and 100 pounds per acre of an organic tacking <br />agent. The tacking agent should be psyllium based and water insoluble upon drying. <br />Seedbeds comprised of plant growth medium or parent material may require fertilizer <br />applicaitons. Any fertilizer applications will be based on fertility analysis as <br />discussed in Tab 9, Attachment 9-9. Normally, replaced topsoil materials have adequate <br />fertility and thus fertilization is not practiced. <br />Shrub and tree seedlings will be planted primarily using hand planting methods. Hand <br />planting improves opportunities for seedlings to be placed in available microsites and <br />allows planting where site conditions would restrict larger mechanical planting equipment. <br />Hand planting equipment includes planting hoes, spades, and bars, or portable planting <br />augers. Mechanical seedling planting will be considered as an optional planting method on <br />sites which are not excessively steep or rocky. Mechanical seedling planting will be <br />conducted on the contour. Planting of shrub and tree seedlings will be conducted <br />primarily in the fall as dormant plantings. Spring dormant plantings may be conducted if <br />• conditions permit. <br />I• <br />Mature shrub clump transplant areas will be established using methods similar to those <br />implemented at the Txappex Mine near Craig, Colorado. Mature shrubs will be salvaged in <br />advance of topsoil stripping operations or from native shrub stands adjacent to the limit <br />of topsoil stripping. The latter may be necessary because life-of-mine topsoil salvage <br />operations are nearly complete at the Seneca Mine. These salvage sites will be close to <br />disturbance areas and will be reclaimed using Seed Mix 1. These small scale disturbance <br />sites are contingent on a need for additional mature shrub clump materials and cannot be <br />identified at this time. <br />The shrub clump transplant area will be prepared by replacing slightly deeper topsoil in <br />the transplant area in order for a basin to be constructed that will retain sufficient <br />topsoil between graded spoil and the transplanted shrub clump. Following the first <br />killing frost, shrub clumps will be salvaged using front-end loaders or similar equipment <br />and transported to the transplant area- Once the shrub clump is placed in the basin, <br />topsoil will be pushed and compacted around each clump. Supplemental watering will follow <br />placement of the shrub clump and final topsoil shaping. <br />13-27 Revised 12/01/93 <br />