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contractor will be instructed that this practice must be followed. Fertilizer may not be applied <br />every year. It will be applied at the frequency that is normal good practice for the area and the <br />soils, as determined by NRCS. <br />Bond Liability Period Management - Reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland <br />Maintenance activities will include the normal monitoring for and repair of excessive rilling or <br />gullying, weed and pest control. The rill and gully management and stabilization plan is detailed <br />at the end of this section. Weed and pest control management will be conducted as necessary <br />and in accordance with the plan described at the end of this section. <br />Grazing of the reclaimed Irrigated Pastureland will not be considered during the first season in <br />order to reduce trampling and pulling of the young plants by livestock. Harvesting (mechanical) <br />will be used if necessary to remove any significant growth during the first season. After the first <br />season, and depending on the size of the management unit and the status of adjacent reclaimed <br />areas, grazing may be implemented in the winter. Harvesting will continue to be considered as a <br />management option if grazing is not implemented in any given year. Harvested hay will be <br />removed from the fields as rapidly as hay quality and weather condition's permit. <br />During the bond liability, re- plowing or disking and /or inter - seeding of the Irrigated Pastureland <br />areas might occur to restore the health of the fields and the status of the plant growth, which is a <br />normal husbandry practice. The initial use of a green manure crop in the 1 year is also essential <br />since much of the topsoil will be placed from stockpiles that have been in place for a significant <br />amount of time. See letters in Attachment 2.05.4(2)(e) -2 from NRCS, the local NRCS specialist, <br />which substantiate these practices. Grazing of the reclaimed Irrigated Pasture areas will also be <br />duplicated in a similar manner on the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area. <br />Fertilization Plan <br />Fertilizer will be used at the NHN Mine during reclamation based on good, economical land <br />management practices on Irrigated Pasture postmining land use. It is important to note that <br />fertility testing and fertilization of the soil will occur when the topsoil is initially placed, which is <br />Section 2.05.4(2)(e) Page 22 April 2011 <br />