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TAB 22 <br />REVEGETATION PLAN <br />The following Revegetation Plan details the methods and materials required to revegetate <br />and stabilize lands affected by surtace mining at the New Horizon 1 Mine (Permit No. C-81- <br />008). <br />Postminina Land Use. According to public comment of Peabody Coal Company's 1976 <br />Nucla Mine Permit Application, the area residents want abandoned cropland returned to <br />cropland. Therefore, a significant portion of the site will be seeded as dryland pasture to <br />provide a perennial forage crop for harvest by livestock. The area located in the S 1/2 SW <br />1/4 Sec 25 (T47N R16W), also known as the Rice Tract, has the greatest possibility of being <br />irrigated. This area will be reclaimed to dryland pasture(Seed Mix #5) and irrigated alfalfa <br />hayland (Seed Mix #6) fields. Western Fuels-Colorado and the new land owner, Garvey & <br />Company, have reached an agreement to irrigating a 6+ acre tract as alfalfa hayland just <br />west of the brick farm house, see Exhibit 22-1. Garvey & Company will provide the water <br />• and labor for this field and will benefit from the crop. The field below the house may <br />eventually be irrigated after band release by Garvey & Company. The remaining post law <br />reclaimed areas will be rangeland (Seed Mix #1) in areas reclaimed around Sediment Ponds <br />001, 002, 004, 005 and 006. Agriculture related to livestock grazing with incidental use by <br />wildlife is to be the postmining land use. <br />Postmining_Vegetation Tvoes and Land Use. As noted in the above section, a portion of the <br />reclaimed area will be returned as dryland pasture. This area will receive thicker 15 inch <br />topsoil replacement depths and will be seeded with Seed Mix #5 Dryland Pasture Mix. The <br />remaining areas will have 10 inch topsoil replacement depths (Seed Mix #1) and are <br />generally adjacent to the old mine disturbance areas or native rangeland areas (see Tab 21 <br />"Minesoil Reconstruction"). Drainage and riparian vegetation types will be established in <br />sediment pond reclamation areas and any affected areas of the large drainages traversing <br />the permit area. Seed Mix #2 -Reclaimed Drainage/Mesic Site Mix will be used in these <br />areas. <br /> <br />• REVISED 3-79-98 <br />22-1 <br />