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The topsoil stockpile areas will not require topsoiling because the original topsoil <br />will remain in place. The surface to be revegetated following removal of stored topsoil <br />will be ripped to relieve compaction. <br />3.5 REVEGETATION PRACTICES <br />3.5.1 Seedbed Preparation <br />Prior to seeding, the regraded surfaces will be extensively roughened to provide <br />for increased moisture retention and favorable micro sites for plant establishment. <br />3.5.2 Seed Mixture <br />Reclamation of the Munger Canyon Mine is scheduled to be complete during the <br />spring and summer of 2007. The Planting Times listed below in 3.5.5 cannot be <br />adhered to by this schedule. Therefore, the temporary sterile cover crop, Quickguard, <br />will be planted after regrading is complete. The permanent Big Sagebrush seed mix will <br />be planted over the cover crop after October 15~'. <br />The reclaimed areas will have a relatively thick layer of unconsolidated soil <br />material following reclamation grading. This deep colluvial soil supports the big <br />sagebrush shrubland as opposed to the shallow soils over fractured bedrock that <br />• <br />support the pinyon juniper vegetation. For this reason the Big Sagebrush seed mix <br />(Table 3.4-1) will be utilized for all of the reclaimed areas even though most of the <br />disturbance is in the juniper woodland community. <br />In accordance with BLM requirements, the mulch used shall be certified weed <br />free by the Colorado Department of Agriculture per Federal Register Vol. 61, No. 143, <br />July 24,1996. A copy of the 'Transit Certificate" shall be submitted to the BLM and <br />approved prior to the use of the mulch. If the mulch is grown outside of the state of <br />Colorado, BLM shall be contacted and the state inspection program shall be identified. <br />BLM must approve the state inspection program methods and receive proof of <br />inspection by that program prior to using the mulch. <br />The edges of the road will not be recontoured but will only be chisel plowed and <br />disk harrowed prior to seeding. The recontoured area near the base of the upper road <br />has slopes that are typically shallow. The surface of this recontoured area will be ripped <br />if it was compacted by vehicle or equipment traffic but the seedbed will be left rough to <br />enhance the moisture retention in the area. <br />M R-33 3-17 05/31 /07 <br />