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regrading and the preparation of the site far seeding. The seed mixture to be used is shown in Table 7, Proposed Seed Mixture. The most favorable time of revegetation will be in late September or early October; therefore, the seeding will be done just prior to the season when the probability of moisture is at its greatest. Immediately after the areas have been graded, but prior to the actual seeding of the area, stabilization of the area will be accomplished by spreading a straw mulch at a minim~~m rate of 2,000 pounds per acre. The best alternative for this mulch will be a native grass hay. This mulch will not be moldy or rotten. Peerless Resources, Inc. will avoid using cereal grain mulches unless absolutely nothing else is available. If a cereal grain mulch is used, the mulch will be free of weed seeds. Following completion of the mining, the access road will be mulched and seeded with the mixture shown on Table 7, Proposed Seed Mixture. Planting and Seeding Methods. Once the area has been rough graded, a • straw mulch will be surface blown onto all graded areas. Next the area will be disked to anchor the mulch and prepare a mellow, yet firm seed bed. Following the mulching and disking, the area will be seeded with the perennial mixture as shown in Table 7, Proposed Seed Mixture. On steeper slopes, seed will be broadcast using a cyclone seeder at twice the drill seed rate. On level areas, all seed will be drill seeded with a rangeland drill pulled by a rubber-tired farm tractor or small crawler dozer. Seed coverage on areas broadcast seeded will be accomplished by disking where possible _ "'. - ~- Seeding will occur during September or October of the year following final closure of the Coal Gulch mining operations. During the early spring following summer planting, the containerized or bare root tree plantings, as shown in Table 8, Seedling Transplants, will be hand-planted into the new seeding. Hand shovels and/or augers will be used to transplant these species. Planting during this period will result in minimal damage to the seeded vegetation and lessens the potential mortality that can be expected when seedlings are transplanted • into stands having a more developed root system. WaR 0 4 ~~! 2.05-32