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<br />~. - <br />3. Placing the topsoil ahead of mining would certainly be the exception rather than the <br />rule. The only time this procedure would be used is if a stockpile behind mining <br />would hamper revegetation efforts. If it is absolutely necessary To place a stockpile <br />ahead of mining, it won't be moved until an area is ready To be retopsoiled. <br />4. As per our telephone conversation of May 20, 1982, This question was cleared up and <br />therefore no response is now needed. <br />5. We must apologize for overlooking what is obvious to us in regards to topsoil stock- <br />pile seeding. Peabody Coal Company seeds all topsoil stockpiles after they are <br />completed with a cover crop and perennial seed mix, or, mulches them and then <br />seeds with a perennial seed mix. IT would be against Peabody Coal Company's best <br />interest to allow this valuable resource to wash or blow away or to allow for situa- <br />Lions that lead to violations. In the case of the topsoil stockpiles at the Mesa Gravel <br />Pit, they will be cover cropped or mulched and then seeded at the appropriate time <br />with the perennial seed mix listed in the application. Once again, Seneca II should <br />serve as a good example of methods and procedures that will be used. <br />6. Backfilled areas showing compaction problems will be ripped prior to topsoil re- <br />placement. This will also be applied to the sloping backfilled areas. When ripping is <br />planned, all ripping operations will be done on the contour. <br />7. The wildlife report was submitted to CMLR on March 24, 1982, another copy is <br />attached here. <br />8. Roy Karo, Reclamation Supervisor at the Seneca II Mine and the one responsible for <br />reclamation at The Mesa (Gravel Pit, has a degree in agronomy from CSU, grew up <br />on a farm in Montrose County and has six years of reclamation experience at Seneca <br />II. He knows the noxious and problem weeds in the area and is aware of control <br />methods. Routt County has a voluntary weed control program in affect which is <br />administered by the CSU County Extension Service and directed by the County <br />Extension Agent who is a certified pesticide applicator. There are three avenues of <br />weed control that are available to Peabody Coal Company and which will be imple- <br />mented during operations. The first avenue is for control of noxious weeds by the <br />Reclamation Supervisor using the appropriate chemicals and following all labels and <br />procedures. The second option is for a commerical applicator to be contracted for <br />-2- <br />