2013-04-24_REVISION - P2008037 (3)

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7 (FORM 2 - Public filing) 12. List the seed mixture to be used in the re- establishment of vegetation. See the attached seed mixture calculation to obtain PLS /acre. For assistance with formulating seed mixtures and rates, contact the local NRCS if on private land, BLM/ JSFS if on public land or State Land Board if on state land. A. Provide plant name and seeding rate Plant Name Seeding Rate (PLS /acre) San Luis Slender Wheatgrass 4.40 Sodar Streambank Wheatgrass 2.30 Mountain Brome 3.90 Fireweed 0.25 B. Describe the method for seed bed preparation, and application method for grass /forb seeding: Compacted areas will be loosened as necessary by discing and left in a roughened condition prior to topsoil replacement. o owing grading activities, the area will e scadfied to help piamott: the ie-establishrnerit of vegetation. Where neuebbdq, an 0 nitrogen, 50% phosphate) may be applied at a rate of approximately 100 pounds per acre to the re-spread topsoil on the drill pad and access road. Seeding will be completed by broadcasting a certified weed -free species mixture approved by Colorado DRMS and the USDA Forest Service. V. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PROSPECTING OPERATIONS: 3. Reclamation measures shall be fulfilled in a timely manner and completed within five (5) years of completion of prospecting activities. 4. The prospecting operations described in this Notice will be conducted in such a manner as to minimize surface disturbances. In addition to the measures required in Rule 5, precautions to be taken include: A. Confinement of operations to areas near existing roads or trails, where practicable. Existing roads which are to remain as permanent roads after prospecting activities are completed shall be left in a condition equal to or better than the pre - prospecting condition; B. Drilling shall be conducted in such a way as to prevent cuttings and fluids from directly entering any dry or flowing stream channel. Drill cuttings must be spread to a depth no greater than one -half (1/2) inch or buried in an approved disposal pit;