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3.1.9(7) <br />Revised 1/27/2011 <br />DRMS Quest #12,13 <br />(3) Storage, location, configuration of topsoil stockpiles for control of erosion and <br />protection from mining operations: Stockpiles will be configured to minimize erosion and <br />will be located in areas where disturbance by ongoing mining operations will be minimized. <br />As stated in 3.1.9(1) above, Protection of topsoil stockpiles will be seeded for stabilization, <br />as necessary. <br />(4) Relocation of topsoil stockpiles: Topsoil stockpiles will be located so that topsoil will <br />be handled only twice, once at the time of removal and again when replaced on the regarded <br />areas. <br />(5) Stabilization measures of replaced topsoil on regarded areas: The Operator will take <br />measures appropriate to the subgrade where topsoil is being replaced. Such measures may <br />include roughing the surface in order to gain a mechanical bond between the subgrade and <br />the replaced topsoil. Where the subgrade is of acceptable quality, it may include disc <br />plowing the topsoil and subgrade together, a practice typically used by commercial <br />landscapers. <br />(6) Segregation of other materials for use as topsoil: No replacement or substitute <br />materials will be needed. Excess topsoil exists on site to complete reclamation requirements. <br />(Please see the NRCS soil report attached) <br />(7) Replacement criteria and soil amendments: The Operator will replace topsoil in as <br />even a manner as equipment allows. SOIL AMENDMENTS WILL BE APPLIED BASED ON SOIL <br />TESTS. Typically, they recommend that if soil tests are not preformed, forty (40) pounds per <br />acre of each of the major nutrients (nitrogen and phosphoric acid (P205)) be applied. A <br />combination of mulch or other organic matter and a nutrient source such as well-cured <br />feedlot or barnyard manure WILL BE APPLIED. The recommended application rate of at least <br />twenty (20) tons per acre, evenly spread SHALL BE FOLLOWED. The manure must contain at <br />least 60% (by weight) large chunks, five inches or more in diameter. (Granular or powdery <br />manure will not meet specifications.) <br />(8) Piles of vegetation: There will be no piles of vegetation. <br />3.1.1.0 Revegetation: <br />(1) Establishment of a diverse, effective and long lasting vegetative cover that is capable <br />of self-regeneration without continued maintenance: The majority of the reclaimed areas <br />will be developed water resource. In those areas where revegetation occurs, the Reclamation <br />Plan has been designed for site stabilization and erosion control. The degree of vegetative <br />cover will be adequate to stabilize the site and control erosion, but may not necessarily equal <br />the cover of the surrounding areas, irrigated cropland. The species selected for site <br />stabilization will not require continued irrigation or soil amendments. <br />0