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Background <br />Colowyo Submitted Technical Revision 84 to comply with Stipulation 13, which reads <br />STIPULATION 13 <br />NO LATER THAN 4 JANUARY 2010 THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A <br />COMPLETE TECHNICAL REVISION APPLICATION ADDRESSING <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF TALL SHRUB AND ASPEN PLANTING AREAS <br />IN APPROPRIATE SITE LOCATIONS OF THE POST-2008 ORIGINAL <br />PERMIT AREA AND THE SOUTH TAYLOR RECLAMATION AREA. <br />THE REVISION APPLICATION SHOULD ADDRESS THE <br />FOLLOWING: <br />• MINIMUM SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL PLANTING AREA (NOT LESS <br />THAN 1 ACRE); <br />• MINIMUM CUMULATIVE PLANTING AREA ACREAGE (NOT <br />LESS THAN 20 ACRES FOR ASPEN/TALL SHRUB PLANTING <br />SITES ON THICK SOILS, AND NOT LESS THAN 20 ACRES FOR <br />TALL SHRUB/BITTERBRUSH PLANTING SITES ON THIN <br />SOIL). BOTH ASPEN AND TALL SHRUBS CAN BE PLANTED <br />WITHIN THE SAME THICK SOIL PLANTING SITES; <br />• AT LEAST 1/: OF THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF PLANTING SITES <br />WILL BE OVER GRADED SPOILS, AND NONE OF THE SITES <br />WILL BE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO UNDISTURBED <br />NATIVE HABITAT; <br />• DETAILED SEEDING AND PLANTING PLANS FOR THE <br />VARIOUS SITES. PLANTING PLAN SHOULD ADDRESS <br />SPECIES, PLANTING DENSITIES, PLANTING METHODS, SIZE <br />AND SOURCE OF PLANTING STOCK (NATIVE WILDING, <br />COMMERCIAL CONTAINERIZED, ETC.). APPROPRIATE LOW <br />COMPETITION SEEDMIXES WILL BE SPECIFIED FOR THE <br />THICK SOIL AND THIN SOIL PLANTING SITES, <br />RESPECTIVELY; <br />FENCING SPECIFICATIONS TO EXCLUDE UNGULATES; <br />SPECIFICATION FOR WEEDGUARD FABRIC OR <br />EQUIVALENT TO SUPPRESS HERBACEOUS COMPETITION IN <br />IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF PLANTED SEEDLINGS, AND; <br />SITE LOCATIONS, SITE CONDITIONS, AND SOIL THICKNESS <br />SPECIFICATIONS FOR EACH PROPOSED PLANTING AREA. <br />SITE LOCATIONS CAN BE TENTATIVE; DEPENDING ON <br />SUITABLE OVERBURDEN CHARACTERISTICS OR OTHER <br />FACTORS, AS LONG AS THE SPECIFIED MINIMUM ACREAGE <br />OF THIN SOIL AND THICK SOIL ESTABLISHMENT AREAS <br />AND CONFORMANCE WITH ALL SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS <br />IS ACHIEVED.