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z facilities, equipment, machines, tools, and other materials or property which results from such operations, must be included in the affected area. Based on the maps submitted with this application, the referenced stone yard is not included in the affected area. Therefore no activities associated with the processing, preparation, and loading out of material from this site should be conducted anywhere except on the approved affected area. If the stone yard is to be used in conjunction with this mine, the application must be amended to include it in with the rest of the affected area. 6.3.4 EXHIBIT D Reclamation Plan (c)(iv) The proposed mix is comprised of a number of excellent native grasses with the exception of crested wheatgrass, which is an aggressive, introduced, cool season bunch grass. Crested wheatgrass can be a good reclamation species in difficult situations, however, it does have some undesirable traits that can be detrimental to a reclaimed site such as its tendency to exclude and crowd out other more desirable grasses, and its bunchy growth habit which provides less erosion protection than other sod forming grasses. There are other native or less aggressive introduced wheatgrasses such as intermediate wheatgrass (I), pubescent wheatgrass(I), thickspike wheatgrass (N) or slender wheatgrass(N), which can provide the same component to a grass mix that crested wheatgrass does with less undesirable growth characteristics. Since the percentage of crested wheatgrass in the mix is fairly small, the Division is not requiring the operator to change the mix at this time, but is merely suggesting that substituting one of the other wheatgrasses will improve the overall mix. Also, if the operator proposes to change the approved seed mix after this application is approved, this must be done via a technical revision prior to conducting final seeding. 6.3.5 EXHIBIT E Man No comment.