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Prior to re-seeding, any compacted areas will first be scarified. The pit area will then be seeded <br />with the mixture appearing below: <br />S ecies <br />Indian ricegrass <br />Needleandthread <br />Blue gramma <br />Intermediate wheatgrass <br />Tall fescue <br />Galleta <br />Add for Pit Slopes <br />Sage Brush <br />Four Wing Salt Bush <br />Reclamation Seed Mixture -Drill Rates <br />Seeding Rate <br />Pure Stand Pounds of PLS/Acre <br />6-8 3.0 <br />8 0.5 <br />2-3 0.5 <br />8 2.0 <br />8 2.0 <br />6 0.5 <br />N/A 0.1 <br />N/A 0.25 <br />If broadcast seeded, the seeding rate will be doubled. The seed will be harrowed in order <br />to give approximately 0.5-inches of soil cover. <br />Seeding will occur during late fall or early spring (from about October 31 to April 1) in <br />order to take advantage of available soil moisture conditions during the spring. The <br />applicant holds sufficient water rights within the Gurley Ditch to provide irrigation to the <br />pit floors of the gravel operation to enhance the revegetation effort if necessary.l <br />80/20 Nitrogen/Phosphate fertilizer will be applied at the time of seeding at the rate of 200 <br />ponds per acre and worked into the soil during the seed bed preparation. <br />The pit excavation will leave nearly vertical faces of approximately 30-feet in height, if the pit is <br />mined to planned depth, during advance. The advancing steep face will be reduced to a 2.Sh:ly <br />slope when the pit is 125 feet from the centerline of the Gurley ditch. The other slopes will be <br />reduced to 2.Sh:ly or flatter before the application of topsoil or cover material. This slope <br />reduction will be accomplished byplacing waste material from the pit along the nearly vertical <br />face of the side walls of the pit, providing acceptable slopes that will follow the advancing face at <br />not more than 300 feet. If insufficient waste material is available, the operator will also excavate <br />the side slopes to a 2.Sh:ly or flatter slope on advance. The advancing face will be excavated to a <br />2.Sh:ly or flatter slope as it nears the disturbance line. The operator will take care not to encroach <br />on the disturbance line during slope reduction. In Phase I and II, a berm will be developed along <br />the southern and western exposure of the pit during mining, this berm will remain in place and <br />will be covered with topsoil or cover material at final reclamation. <br />Phase I will expose a maximum advancing face of 2,250 feet, Phase II will expose a maximum <br />advancing face of 725 feet and Phase III will expose a maximum advancing face of 1010 feet. <br />1These recorded rights can be found in Exhibit N -Legal Right to Enter and they are <br />restated in Exhibit G -Water Information. <br />E-2 <br />