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The seed mix and rates proposed are a mix that has proven successful on other sites <br />in the vicinity of this mine. The seed will be drilled where possible and doubled if <br />broadcast. This mix will place 62.7 f seeds/sgft/pls and exceeds the recommended 40 <br />seeds/sgft/pls in the SCD Planting Guide for disturbed areas. The site is cuttently a <br />relatively level sandy rangeland site typical to the azea north of the North Fork Republican <br />River. It is a dryland site with no special or unique characteristics. Average annual <br />production is approximately 800 pounds per acre. Tall grasses make up approximately 35% <br />of the vegetative cover and the plan community is 75 to 90% grasses, and 10 to I S% shrubs <br />(wormwood). <br />The species of vegetation found on the site are Blue gramma, sedge, prairie <br />sandreed, sand bluestem, little bluestem, needle and thread, swithgrass, western wheatgrass, <br />buffalo grass, sand dropseed and sand sage. These species make up 90 to 95%, by weight, <br />of the species found on the site. <br />PERMANENT MAN-MADE STRUCTURES <br />None <br />WATER RESOURCES <br />There aze no water structures on or adjacent to the site. The closest flowing stream is <br />the South Platte River, located approximately 30 miles north of the site. Mining will not <br />reach the ground water table. Our investigation indicated the ground water table is more <br />than 250 feet below the surface of the site, so no ground water will be exposed. Surface or <br />subsurface water will not be impacted by this mining operation. <br />