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K-14 Phases A, B, C, and D - In consultation with area grass experts, these phases will be seeded with an irrigated seed mix containing appropriate percentages of the following: Orctiardgrass 35% Perennial Rye 15% Tall Fescue 10% Smooth Brome 20% Annual Rye 20% The recommended rate of seeding for the above is 20 - 25 lbs./acre utilizing the drilled placement method. The recommended seasonal seeding period is early spring through mid-summer. Phase E will be seeded with a dryland seed mix as follows: Hycrest Crested Wheatgrass 15% Smooth Brome 25% Pubescent Wheatgrass 25% Orchardgrass (Paiute) 20% Russian Wildrye 10% Annual Rye 5% The recommended rate of seeding for the above is 12-15 lbs./acre utilizing the drilled placement method. The seed types listed above are currently available locally in sufficient quantities to meet the proposed reclamation. Seeding will be done' at appropriate seasonal periods as recommended by area experts. (e) Reclamation Implementation Schedule: (i) It is estimated that reclamation for each twenty-acre section within Phases A, B, C, D, and E will require a period of six ':o nine months following the cessation of mining. This is based on two to three months of overburden and topsoil replacemen'~: earthwork and allowance for seasonal seed placement opportunities. The timing of reclamation of each twenty acrs section relative to commencement of mining in a subsequent section is proposed such that the area of new mining does not exceed the area under reclamation. A continual reclamatio i process will accomplish this. That is to say, as an area witt in a mining section~is depleted, reclamation efforts will commerce concurrently as mining progresses. (ii) As mentioned above, reclamation will progress in sections not to exceed twenty acres within any given phase of operation.