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Peabldq <br /> • PEABODY COAL COMPANY 1300 South Yale <br /> W*storn Division Flagstaff,Arizona 86001 <br /> (602)774-5253 <br /> April 22, 1988 <br /> The following information summarizes Peabody's reclamation <br /> and postmining land use plan for the proposed Nucla East <br /> mine. Regulations require that the legal or equitable <br /> landowners who will be affected by mining and reclamation <br /> operations be allowed to comment on the proposed postmining <br /> land use of the affected lands . <br /> The proposed postmining land use for the reclaimed lands in <br /> the Nucla East area is agricultural production, similar to <br /> the premining land use. This land use is to be achieved <br /> through a combination of irrigated pasture and dryland <br /> pasture. Irrigated pasture will be the predominant use, <br /> with the majority of the 235 acre permit area reclaimed to <br /> this type. The areas which were not irrigated before <br /> mining and had a dry sagebrush type vegetation cover will <br /> be reclaimed to dryland pasture. <br /> The irrigated pasture type will be planted to two different <br /> mixes; one for drier upland sites, and one for lowland or <br /> other sites that may be wet or boggy. The upland site seed <br /> mix is composed of orchardgrass, Regar meadow brome, and <br /> birdsfoot trefoil . Birdsfoot trefoil is a non-bloat legume <br /> that has the ability to stay in the stand longer than <br /> alfalfa and can also tolerate wetter conditions than <br /> alfalfa. The grasses and the legume will be seeded in <br /> alternate rows for better establishment and longer term <br /> production of the legume. The lowland or poorly drained <br /> site mix is composed of reed canarygrass and Garrison <br /> creeping foxtail , along with birdsfoot trefoil . This mix <br /> will be used in any wet areas that have developed, or are <br /> likely to develop in a manner similar to those that existed <br /> before mining. Both mixes, when established, will provide <br /> a very productive and nutritious forage that can either be <br /> pastured or cut for hay. Once Peabody has been released of <br /> • its reclamation liability (a period of at least 10 years) <br /> and the lands are returned to the appropriate landowners <br />