2009-09-14_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 9/14/2009
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN5
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

TECHNICAL REVISION 72 NARRATIVE, INCLUDING SOIL BERMS, EXTENSIVE SOIL
ROUGHENING AND SNOW FENCE INSTALLATION.
RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, INCLUDING TOPSOILING AND REVEGETATION,
WILL PROCEED IN 2009, WHETHER OR NOT A VARIABLE TOPSOIL REPLACEMENT
PLAN IS APPROVED. UNLESS AND UNTIL A VARIABLE THICKNESS TOPSOIL
REPLACEMENT PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, TOPSOIL REPLACEMENT
WILL ACHIEVE AN APPROXIMATE UNIFORM THICKNESS OF 8 INCHES
THROUGHOUT THE POST-2008 PORTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL PERMIT AREA, AND
19.5 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH TAYLOR RECLAMATION AREA, AS
CURRENTLY APPROVED.
STIPULATION 13
NO LATER THAN 4 JANUARY 2010 THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A COMPLETE
TECHNICAL REVISION APPLICATION ADDRESSING ESTABLISHMENT OF TALL
SHRUB AND ASPEN PLANTING AREAS IN APPROPRIATE SITE LOCATIONS OF THE
POST-2008 ORIGINAL PERMIT AREA AND THE SOUTH TAYLOR RECLAMATION
AREA. THE REVISION APPLICATION SHOULD ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:
• MINIMUM SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL PLANTING AREA (NOT LESS THAN 1
ACRE);
• MINIMUM CUMULATIVE PLANTING AREA ACREAGE (NOT LESS
THAN 20 ACRES FOR ASPEN/TALL SHRUB PLANTING SITES ON THICK
SOILS, AND NOT LESS THAN 20 ACRES FOR TALL
SHRUB/BITTERBRUSH PLANTING SITES ON THIN SOIL). BOTH ASPEN
AND TALL SHRUBS CAN BE PLANTED WITHIN THE SAME THICK SOIL
PLANTING SITES;
• AT LEAST %2 OF THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF PLANTING SITES WILL BE
OVER GRADED SPOILS, AND NONE OF THE SITES WILL BE LOCATED
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO UNDISTURBED NATIVE HABITAT;
• DETAILED SEEDING AND PLANTING PLANS FOR THE VARIOUS SITES.
PLANTING PLAN SHOULD ADDRESS SPECIES, PLANTING DENSITIES,
PLANTING METHODS, SIZE AND SOURCE OF PLANTING STOCK
(NATIVE WILDING, COMMERCIAL CONTAINERIZED, ETC.).
APPROPRIATE LOW COMPETITION SEEDMIXES WILL BE SPECIFIED
FOR THE THICK SOIL AND THIN SOIL PLANTING SITES,
RESPECTIVELY;
• FENCING SPECIFICATIONS TO EXCLUDE UNGULATES;
• SPECIFICATION FOR WEEDGUARD FABRIC OR EQUIVALENT TO
SUPPRESS HERBACEOUS COMPETITION IN IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY
OF PLANTED SEEDLINGS, AND;
• SITE LOCATIONS, SITE CONDITIONS, AND SOIL THICKNESS
SPECIFICATIONS FOR EACH PROPOSED PLANTING AREA. SITE
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance 14 September 2009
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