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<br />Off road vehicles are currently prohibited from using any portion of <br />the permit area. Only authorized traffic on designated roads is <br />permitted. Again, disturbance to the wildlife within the mine area <br />is minimized. The appearance of dogs in the area is restricted <br />since employees are not allowed to have dogs on the premises. <br />GEC Minerals, Inc. does not allow hunting or the discharging of <br />firearms within the mine area. <br />Pesticides and herbicides will be used to control unwanted noxious <br />weeds and/or insects which could potentially destroy the recla- <br />mation vegetation. Only approved herbacides will be used. <br />The approximate original contour of the disturbed area will <br />be restored as described earlier. Restoration of the approximate <br />original contour will reestablish the original soil aspect and <br />• drainage patterns which existed prior to mining. This reconstruction <br />effort will allow for suitable wildlife setting similar to that <br />found in adjacent undisturbed areas and to that found in the mine <br />area prior to mining. <br />Protection of Hydrologic Balance. GEC Minerals, Inc. currently <br />utilizes several methods which minimize changes in surface water <br />quality and the hydrologic balance in the mine plan area and the <br />adjacent area. Erosion is controlled primarily by minimizing the <br />total disturbed area at any one time. In addition, sediment and <br />drainage control is completed by utilizing diversion ditches and <br />sediment control structures downstream of all disturbed areas. <br />Backfilling and grading, mulching, topsoil replacement and subsequent <br />revegetation are completed as soon as possible to also minimize the <br />wind and water erosion which could potentially occur. In addition, <br />runoff from disturbed areas is diverted around the disturbed mining <br /> <br />2.05-40 <br />