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The requested staging area locations are provided on the attached Map 3. MCC <br />will field locate the staging areas and the placement of the drill pads with approval by the <br />responsible USFS representative. <br />RECLAMATION PLAN <br />Reclamation activities of pads and roads will be performed when it is decided by MCC <br />that the drill holes are not performing their intended purpose or are no longer needed for <br />venting operations. As roads and pads can be downsized to accommodate operation of <br />the exhausting blowers, MCC, will to the extent possible, conduct contemporaneous <br />reclamation. <br />Upon completion of each phase of activity at a given site, all debris, trash, and drilling <br />related equipment, or de-gas housing will be removed from the site. <br />1. When the mud pit or pits are sufficiently dry, they will be filled with stored <br />soil material and compacted to minimize any settling. Drying of the mud pits <br />may be accelerated by pumping off the drilling fluids for use as dust control on <br />the temporary roads. <br />2. A backhoe and a bulldozer will redistribute material on and around the drill pad <br />to achieve as closely as practicable the original contour of the site. The area <br />will then be ripped or scazified to leave an uneven surface. <br />3. Stored topsoil will be distributed as evenly as possible over the disturbed pad <br />area. <br />4. The entire drill pad area and reclaimed roads will be re-seeded using an <br />approved USFS seed mix or mixes as directed by the USFS. The following <br />seed mix is a seed mix that has been approved by the USFS for drill sites on <br />adjacent lands: <br />Species <br />PLS lb/Acre <br />Mountain Brome - Brom us m argin atus 5 <br />Prairie Junegrass - Koelaria cristata 4 <br />Slender Wheatgrass -Agropyron trachycaulum 4 <br />Blue Bunchgrass -Agropyron spicatum 4 <br />Sandburg Bluegrass - Poa sandburgii 4 <br />5. This seed mixture will be a minimum of 90 percent pure applied at the rate <br />of 40 pounds per acre. <br />6. The pad areas will be fertilized (30-0-0, minimum NPK), seeded with the <br />approved seed mix, and mulched (certified weed-free straw). <br />12 <br />