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be for a cirque and talus slope appearance with exceptions for <br /> haul roads and other relatively level and accessible areas. <br /> Reclamation activities could commence during Phases III and IV on <br /> certain portions of the Open Pit, particularly haul roads and rock <br /> slopes on Bartlett Mountain and Ceresco Ridge. <br /> Benches within the Open Pit are intended for slope <br /> stability and safety; however , on remaining portions of final pit <br /> limits outside active work areas where loose rock, natural <br /> weathering and ground subsidence have obscured any bench system, <br /> limited revegetation could occur when safe and accessible. <br /> On haul roads and other accessible areas upon which <br /> equipment may work safely, an initial fertilizer application and <br /> wood chips or straw will be ripped into the rock material . Sewage <br /> sludge, if available, will be ripped in also or applied to the <br /> surface . <br /> Establishment of a sparse vegetation cover will be <br /> sought within portions of the Open Pit and subsided areas provided <br /> by two seed sources and possible planted shrubs. If successful <br /> results are obtained with alpine research plots, an alpine seed <br /> source will provide seed for revegetation in accessible and <br /> promising portions of the pit. Certain portions of the pit slopes <br /> will not be conducive to revegetation due to lack of fines and <br /> because of danger to workers. Seed will be aerially or <br /> handbroadcasted over the steep rock slopes . The alternate , but <br /> most reliably available, seed source will be the Climax seed <br /> mixture. Within the lower and more weather protected portions of <br /> the pit, certain shrubs may be planted , again, depending upon the <br /> results of alpine research plots. <br /> An initail fertilizer application will be hand <br /> distributed . A maintenance program will be developed through <br /> experience during Phases III and IV and abided by for Phase V <br /> Reclamation in the Open Pit. <br /> If new reclamtion technologies and materials are <br /> developed and acceptable to Climax and to the Colorado Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board , a technical revision will be requested in the <br /> future. <br /> 10-10 <br />