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No mulch is to be applied on lands reclaimed to irrigated land use. This would only provide <br />additional opportunities for establishment of competing annual and perennial weedy species and <br />volunteer grain that would negatively impact the stand. The use of irrigation will establish an <br />effective vegetative cover in a relatively short time after seeding, e described earlier in Section <br />4.0 companion crops of annual grains will also not-be used during sta id establishment. Wlifle <br />so' le ei -- 01 a id weed cont. tni be iefits nigh! be gained, the potentieHor reduced sland <br />take., ii. replaced topso <br />initial permanent mix seeding to lessen the possibility of erosion <br />provide nitrogen and organic matter to the soils <br />New Horizon Mine - Permit Revision 06 Fertilization Plan <br />Fertilizer will be used at the New Horizon Mine during reclamation based on good, economical <br />land management practices on Irrigated Cropland post mine land use The substantial increase <br />in cost of fertilizer over the oast 5 -8 years requires that it is applied at specific times during the <br />reclamation period to maximize its effectiveness This is also done to be in line with normal <br />practices in the area taking into account the great increase in fertilizer cost. To achieve this coal. <br />the following plan is proposed <br />1) Sampling of the soil on land with Irrigated Cropland post mine la use will take place in vears <br />3 6 and 8 after seeding <br />2) Three soil samples will be taken over the IC area in each of the three years and analyzed by <br />a lab for nitrogen potassium and phosphorous in each of the sampling vears <br />3 The lab will produce a recommendation for fertilizer based on soil samples and a desire to <br />exceed the first cut crop production of 184 tons /acre <br />4) Production (based on bale weighinos used for interim monitoring) as described in subsection <br />6.1.6 will be used to produce an estimate of a given vears production <br />5) If a year's production exceeds 184 tons /acre no fertilizer will be applied <br />PR -06 May 2010 2.05.4(2)(e) - 24 <br />