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transplanted using reclamation practices and techniques acceptable to the office. Planting <br />methods include seedbed and seed preparation and soil amendments appropriate to the <br />topography, physical and chemical characteristics of soil, and selected plant species adequate <br />to give the best chance for successful reclamation. <br />(1) The operator may permit the public to use lands it owns for recreational purposes <br />in accordance with the limited landowner liability law contained in article 41 of title 33, <br />C.R.S., except in areas where such use is found by the operator to be hazardous or <br />objectionable. <br />(m) With respect to all affected land, the operator, in consultation with the landowner <br />where possible subject to the approval of the board, shall determine which parts of the <br />affected land shall be reclaimed for forest, range, crop, horticultural, homesite, recreational, <br />industrial, or other uses, including food, shelter, and ground cover for wildlife. Before <br />approving a new reclamation plan or a change in an existing reclamation plan, the board may <br />confer with the local board of county commissioners and the board of supervisors of the <br />conservation district if the mining operation is within the boundaries of a conservation <br />district. <br />(n) If the operator's choice of reclamation is for range, the affected land shall be <br />restored to slopes commensurate with the proposed land use that shall not be too steep to be <br />traversed by livestock. No grazing shall be permitted on reclaimed land until the planting <br />is firmly established. The board, in consultation with the landowner and the local <br />conservation district, if any, shall determine when grazing may start. <br />(o) If the operator's choice of reclamation is for agricultural or horticultural crops that <br />normally require the use of farm equipment, the operator shall grade the affected land so the <br />area can be traversed with farm machinery. Preparation for seeding or planting, fertilization, <br />and seeding or planting rates shall be governed by general agricultural and horticultural <br />practices except where research or experience in such operations differs with such practices. <br />(p) If the operator's choice of reclamation is for the development of the affected land <br />for homesite, recreational, industrial, or other uses, including food, shelter, and ground cover <br />for wildlife, the minimum requirements necessary for such reclamation shall be agreed upon <br />between the operator and the board. <br />(q) (I) All reclamation requirements required by this section shall be carried to <br />completion with reasonable diligence and conducted concurrently with mining operations to <br />the extent practicable, taking into consideration the mining plan, safety, economics, the <br />availability of equipment and material, and other site-specific conditions relevant and unique <br />to the affected land and the postmining land use. Upon completion of each phase of mining <br />and, in accordance with the reclamation plan, final reclamation of each mining phase shall <br />be completed prior to the expiration of five years after the date the operator advises the board <br />in an annual report that such phase of mining has been completed, unless such period is <br />extended by the board pursuant to section 34-32.5-112; except that reclamation may be <br />completed in phases and the five-year period may be applied separately to each phase as it <br />commences during the life of the mine. <br />(II) No planting shall be required on affected land: