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Soil Balance <br />• Seneca submitted [he final soil balance as Technical Revision No. 31 on Lune 26, 1997 as [he final reclamation - <br />topsoil management plan for Seneca II. Subsequently, the CDMG approved this final topsoil management plan on <br />December 9, 1997. Hence, no soil balance will be submitted with any further Annual Reclamation Report. <br />Soil Salvage, Storage and Replacement <br />Soil salvage (disturbance) areas and soil stockpiles sites as of December 31, 2001 aze shown in [he 1995 Annual <br />Reclamation Report, Exhibit 9-3a. Topsoil stockpile volume information is presented in Table 00.2. Approximately <br />35.3 acre-feet of soil remained in stockpiles as of December 31, 2002. <br />Soil Redistribution Thickness Updated <br />SCC will follow the final reclamation -topsoil management plan approved in TR-31 for the remainder of the <br />Seneca II Mine life since it covers all of the remaining disturbed lands which need [o be topsoiled. <br />REVEGETATION <br />Seeding and Shrub Planting <br />Permanent revegemtion activities in 2002 included planting and seeding of shrubs as described below, and drill <br />seeding with permanent Seed Mix #1 at a rate of approximately IS lb. per acre (see Table 00.2). <br />A total of 13,700 shrub seedlings were planted in two concentrated planting areas in 2002. Table 00.4 shows <br />approximate acreages, species composition, and [he total numbers planted by species. All plant materials were one- <br />year-old containerised nursery stock. <br />The seedlings were grown and planted by Bitterroot Native Growers, Inc. (BNG) of Hamilton, Montana and Rocky <br />Mountain Native Plants of Rifle, Colorado. Tree Guard browse repellent was placed on all planted seedlings. Ali <br />seedlings were treated with a mycorthizal fungi inoculum that was developed at the BNG nursery. Plantings were <br />completed in late September 2002 in reclaimed sites that were disked several times during the growing season [o <br />control established herbaceous vegetation and prepare the site for planting. The heavy disking created numerous <br />. planting microsites, The Riparian species were planted along the south shore of the Wedge impoundment and the <br />3 <br />