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specifications prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, and <br /> outlined in their letter of August 24 to El Rancho Rock and <br /> Sand, Inc. A seed mix of Blands Brome, Annual Rvegrass and <br /> Lana Vetch shall be applied, fertilized and mulched as per <br /> construction requirements CA 342 for Critical Area Planting. <br /> Following cessation of processing operations, the six (6) man- <br /> made settling/recycling ponds and water storage Ponds in the <br /> northerly portion of the site will ultimately evaporate dry, <br /> and will remain empty at least during the dry months of the <br /> year. There are currently two reclamation alternatives for the <br /> pond complex, as summarized below: <br /> Reclamation alternative #1 requires that the ponds be breeched <br /> and allowed to drain dry. Following drying, the ponds will be <br /> cleaned of all accumulated clays, silts and slimes, leveled <br /> off, and resurfaced. The land surfaces will be revegetated and <br /> reclaimed as grazing/rangeland. <br /> Reclamation alternative #2 is the possibility of maintaining <br /> the ponds in a wet condition throughout the greater part of <br /> the year. The sites will be revegetated and reclaimed as <br /> wetland habitats. <br /> A final determination of the reclamation alternative to be <br /> used will be made at the time the processing operations are <br /> drawing to a close. <br /> 21. Describe the ultimate physical condition of the site and <br /> specify proposed use(s) or potential uses, of the mined lands <br /> once reclaimed: <br /> Those portions of the lease holding not currently permitted <br /> for excavation/quarrying activities are used as cattle grazing <br /> rangeland. Following cessation of excavation and processing <br /> activities the entire site will be returned to rangeland. <br /> Total acreage to be reclaimed will match the total acreage to <br /> be disturbed. <br /> The processing plant and all equipment will be dismantled and <br /> removed from the site. In the northerly portion of the site, <br /> excavation has resulted in removal of the rounded tops of the <br /> low rolling hills over an area of approximately 67. 1 acres. <br /> In the southerly portion of the site the open pit will cover <br /> an area of 80 to 120 acres. The pit walls will slope at a 2 : 1 <br /> ratio from the undisturbed ground surfaces to the pit floor at <br /> depths of from 40 to 20 feet. <br /> Ground surfaces and haul roads will be recontoured or leveled <br /> and graded as required to present a more natural appearance <br /> and prevent erosion, gullying or ponding of surface water. <br /> 10 <br /> CONDOR <br />