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<br />Stockpiles, roadsides and other disturbed areas were hydromulched in <br />late fall, 1980, for erosion control. Some of these areas were seeded <br />if further construction disturbance was considered unlikely. Either <br />seed Mixture Number 5 or the pasture mix (see Tables 4.4.2-8 and <br />4.4.2-9) was used, depending on whether the areas will be irrigated or <br />not. <br />In the spring of 1981, final earthwork, grading and tilling for <br />landscaping was done. This involved changing the shapes of the stock- <br />piles as shown in drawing D-4-14. Some feathering of the edges of the <br />stockpiles was done for aesthetic reasons, but discrete piles will <br />still be maintained and topsoil availability will not be jeopardized, <br />Fine tilling and grading with smaller equipment will be done as <br />required by the landscape plan. <br />Trees and shrubs were planted as balled-and-burlapped or canned nur- <br />• sery stock. <br />The irrigation equipment installed to establish the plantings of the <br />interim reclamation plan at the loadout area is an innovative, water <br />conservation system. This irrigation system delivers well water <br />acquired on the site directly to each plant indicated on the planting <br />plan. Lateral lines are imbedded in the earthen berms and emitters <br />sized for each plant species' water needs are placed in the saucer <br />shaped basins at the base of each plant. Eventually, revegetation <br />plantings will become established on the site like any naturally <br />occuring plant and will tap soil moisture reducing the need for long- <br />term irrigation. <br />Besides quick revegetation, other measures will be taken as part of <br />the Interim Reclamation Plan to control erosion. Structures to <br />control and contain runoff as specified in the drainage and sediment <br />control plan will be inspected regularly and maintained as required. <br />. Erosion bales, netting, other diversion structures, and so on, will be <br />employed during the life of the operation in accordance with good soil <br />conservation practices. <br />4-79 <br /> <br />