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analysis as discussed in Tah 21 . Normally. reDlacetl topsoil materials will have adequate fertility <br />Shrub and tree seedlings will be planted primarily using hand planting methods. Hand planung <br />improves opportunities for seedlings to be placed in available micrasrtes and allows planung where site <br />conditions would restrict larger mechanical planung equipment. Hand planting equipment includes <br />planting hoes, spades, and bars, or portable planting augers. Mechanical seedling planting will be <br />considered as an optional planting method on sites which are not excessively steep or rocky, <br />Mechanical seedling planting will 6e conducted on the contour. Planting of shrub and tree seedlings <br />will be conducted primarily in the tall as dormant plantings. Spring dormant plantngs may be <br />conducted if conditions permit. <br />Mature shrub clump transplant areas will be established using methods similar to those implemented at <br />the Seneca 11 and Seneca 11-W Mines. Mature shrubs will be salvaged in advance of topsoil stripping <br />operations or from native shrub stands adjacent to the limit of topsoil stripping. The shrub clump <br />transplant area will be prepared by replacing slightly deeper topsoil in the transplant area in order for a <br />basin to be constructed that will retain sufficient topsoil between graded spoil and the transplanted <br />shrub clump. Following the first killing frost, shrub clumps will be salvaged using front-end loaders or <br />similar equipment 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 />The mature shrub clump transplant areas will vary from 1.0 to 1.5 acres in size. The transplant area <br />will contain approximately 100 individual shrub clumps per acre. Transplant areas will be sufficiently <br />spaced to maximize their use by wildlife. <br />Premine Vegetation Type Disturbance Summary. Table 22-9, Summary of Disturbed Acreages for <br />Premine Vegetation Types, lists the acreages of the premine vegetation types which will be disturbed <br />by mining activities- The area, totaling 912 acres represents the acres of vegetation which will be, or <br />could be, disturbed by mining, facilities, topsoil stockpiles, and roads over the Life-of-Mine. Exhibit <br />22-1. Posturing Vegetation, illustrates the disturbance areas. <br /> <br />25 Revised 2.99 <br />