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DECEIVED TECHNICAL REVISION BULLGER BASIN PLACER PERMIT M-1985-022 May 19, 2008 MAY 19 2008 Division of Reclamation, Mining and Sai'ety In accordance with the letter of November 16, 2007, to Mr. Joe Dodge, the following technical revision to the permit is provided. This revision primarily establishes a new and proper seed mixture for the site. But it also includes a couple of other minor changes. The permitted reclamation plan for this site contains a seed mixture that was apparently recommended in 1984 or 1985 by Mark Loye of the Division. The seed mixture is inappropriate for the site because the seeding rates are far in excess of what would be needed. Some of the species in the mixture are suitable, but others would not be suitable or appropriate for an alpine tundra site. The number of live seeds that would be planted per square foot, using the permitted seed mixture, would be about 788. That is about 10 times as much seed as would be needed and would likely result in a total failure of the seeding due to seedling competition. A recent bond calculation performed by the Division found that the seed alone would cost $2,467.80 per acre for a total of $98,712.00 for 40 acres. Assuming only the rates of seed application were lowered to about 801ive seeds per square foot, which is often considered appropriate for broadcast seeding, the cost of seed for the entire 40 acres would be about $9,871.20. However, by changing the seed mixture to eliminate some of the very expensive species and substituting others that would work just as well, if not better, this cost can be further lowered to a total of about $70.00 per acre or about $2,700 for the entire 40 acres. The following seed mixture is to be substituted for the permitted seed mixture. enn oun ain - u er asin a cer Species seeds/Ib Ib/acre PLS seeds/sgft cost/Ib cost/ac Festuca idahoensis -Joseph 450,000 0.6 6.20 $8.50 $5.10 Poa alpina 1,069,921 0.6 14.74 $13.00 $7.80 Festuca ovina -Black Sheep 530,320 0.5 6.09 $3.25 $1.63 Bromus marginatus -Garnet 64,080 2.0 2.94 $2.00 $4.00 Phleum alpinum 1,044,689 0.7 16.79 $30.00 $21.00 Deschampsia caespitosa 1,500,000 0.7 24.10 $8.25 $5.78 Penstemon rydbergii 131,900 0.3 0.91 $65.00 $19.50 Achi/lea millefolium 2,852,012 0.2 13.09 $10.00 $2.00 Totals = 7,642,922 5.6 85 $140.00 $66.80 Regarding the species selected, for Festuca ovina Covar may be used if Black Sheep is not available. Costs are in accordance with price quote from Granite Seed (attached). It should also be noted that the use of fertilizer in the tundra is not advised nor are mulches. Many, if not most, tundra species are nitrogen fixers and the addition of fertilizer will Technical Revision - Bullger Basin Placer M-1985-022 May 19, 2008 Page 1 of 2