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Rule 2: Permits <br />• It is estimated that approximately 1.9 feet of topsoil and subsoil (an average of 1.6 feet stripped plus a 20 <br />percent swell factor) will be evenly respread along reclaimed access roads, haul roads, and loadout. This <br />assumes that no more than 2.0 feet of topsoil and subsoil will be stripped along haul and access road <br />rights-of--way. It is also assumed that soil stripped from roadways will be reused in approximately the <br />same location. Therefore, less than a 1.9 foot thickness will be available along sections of roadway above <br />the valley floor. <br />Revegetation Plan <br />All disturbed sites identified in the reclamation plan will be reclaimed and revegetated according to Rules <br />2.05.4 and 4.15. The goal of reclamation is to establish a diverse, effective, and permanent vegetation <br />cover of the same seasonal variety and utility as the vegetation native to the affected area, and capable of <br />supporting the planned post-mining land uses on disturbed areas. The revegetation plan has been <br />designed to meet short and long-term reclamation goals by: <br />1. Controlling erosion and sedimentation; <br />2. Reestablishing vegetative cover which is ecologically comparable to native pre-mine conditions; <br />3. Restoring livestock grazing, wildlife, watershed, and aesthetic values to meet post -operation land <br />use objectives. <br />Revegetation will occur after final grading and redistribution of subsoil and topsoil activities have taken <br />place. <br />• Revegetation communities representative of existing native pre-mine plant communities will be <br />established. These communities are presented in Map 2.04.10-1. The surface mine area will be reclaimed <br />to rangeland, with shrub plots, to be established. A summary of the revegetation sequence is as follows <br />• Placement of boulder and brush piles, as appropriate, on surface mine. <br />• Seedbed preparation will be conducted immediately after eroding, topsoiling, and subsoiling. <br />• <br />2.05-59a (revised 07/29/03) <br />