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<br />Mr. Charles Houchin <br />January 9, 1981 <br />Page Tvo <br />3. Plaasa show the location of the powr lino (Bola 2.12). What is the <br />arrangsmaat with the utilities company regarding this operation near <br />the power poles? <br />8RHffiIT H - Reclamation Costa <br />The reclet~atloa costa vorksd out by eha 6C8 i• for only 1.8 acraa of disturbed <br />Land, yet your application (and indications on the map) •tatas 3 acres will ba <br />disturbed. <br />Grading and topsoil application moat be added to the liar of reclamation coats <br />because the state bases ire aatimatas on what it could cost the slats to hire <br />out machinery, etc., in the event of a default of the operator. Although I <br />agree that you could perform the reclamation using your equipuant and labor for <br />much less than even the SCS figures, for obvious raaeons, the state must bass <br />its figures on a verse possible case. Listed below aze my cost aatimatas based <br />on 3 acres disturbed land. <br />1. Typical contract grading costa on level ground run $100.00+ per acre. <br />2. Typical topsoil application costa range from $.30 to $.55 per cubic yard. <br />There is probably a maximum of 500-600 cubic yards stockpiled at your <br />Bite. Assuming the lesser coat, replacement would be $150.00. <br />3. The terracing costa supplied by the SCS appear to be about right. <br />4. The fertilization costa supplied by the SCS appear to be about right. <br />5. I looked up the current price of seed for the mixture supplied by the <br />SCS. On the basis of their seeding rate, it would coat $307.40 per acre <br />for seed. Our Range Scientist feels the seeding rate ie way too high. <br />He recommends reducing the seed rate to that found below. The recalcu- <br />lated costs are thus reduced to $51.80 per acre. <br />Species <br />Smooth brome <br />Pubescent wheatgraea <br />Little bluestem <br />Sidaoata grams <br />Western wheatgraaa <br />Seeding Rate <br />3 lbs. PLS/acre* <br />2 lbs. PLS/acre <br />2 lbs. PLS/acre <br />4 lbs. PLS/acre <br />4 lba/ PLS/acre <br />+~ PLS ~ Pure Live Seed <br />G. The mulching coats provided by the SC6 appear to ba about right. <br />The ze-calculated reclamation coats are thus: <br />Grading @ 5100.00/acre z 3 acres ~ $300.00 <br />Topsoil application @ $.30/cu. yd. z 500 cu. yd. ~ $150.00 <br />Terrace construction (from SCS f!gurae) - $380.00 <br />Pertilitar @ $40.00/acre a 3 scree ~ $120.00 <br />Seeding @ $52.00/acre z 3 acres ~ 9156.00 <br />14:lching @ /300.00/acre z 3 acres ~ S900.00 <br />ToxeL .~z,oo~.oo <br />