2009-12-29_REVISION - C1981019 (2)

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APPROPRIATE SITE LOCATIONS OF THE POST-2008 ORIGINAL PERMIT AREA AND THE SOUTH TAYLOR RECLAMATIONAREA. THE REVISION APPLICATION SHOULD ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING: MINIMUM SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL PLANTING AREA (NOT LESS THAN I 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 SHR UBIBITTERBR USH PLANTING SITES ON THIN SOIL). BOTHASPEN 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, COMMMERCIAL CONTAINERIZED, ETC). APPROPRIATE LOW COMPETITION SEED MIXES 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 LOCATIONS CAN BE TENTATIVE; DEPENDING ON SUITABLE OVERBURDEN CHARACTERISTICS OR OTHER FACTORS, AS LONG AS THE SPECIFIED MINIMUMA CREA GE OF THIN SOIL AND THICK SOIL ESTABLISHMENT AREAS AND CONFORMANCE WITH ALL SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS IS ACHIEVED. Colowyo's Response: Colowyo has added the following highlighted text to the Section 4.15.6 narrative beginning on page 4.15-12: "As a result of negotiations with CDOW and DRMS regarding approval of TR-72 in 2009, Colowyo has committed to implementing three field trials in the future as reclamation progresses. 1) Colowyo agrees to establish one small (not greater than 1 acre) aspen establishment area on associated disturbance in an area where the original lithology is still intact. The location of this area will be in the immediate proximity of the "out of pit" portion of the South Taylor haul road along the slope of the East Taylor drainage. This area presents conditions where the original lithology is still primarily intact and will be relatively close to the regraded PMT surface to allow for a greater likelihood of additional subsurface water flow that is necessary to sustain an aspen stand. The specific implementation plan of the site is as follows: a) The area will be regraded in accordance with PMT requirements. b) The area will be tested for overburden suitability as per requirements.