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Prel iminan* Soil and Site c^^he <br />Vittoria Grain Co. Subdivision in Orono <br />n <br />{• L M C R V. I. K C 0 M M I S S I 0 X <br />STAIIDARDS /JH) S FECI FI CAT I OX ’3 FOR FoTA’3LISHIliG PSRI-I/Ui ’Eirr OR <br />LONG TEIU-I TEGETATIOII <br />Definition <br />Planting vegetation such as grasses or on silt producing <br />areas <br />Pumose <br />To stabilize the soil; to protect from v;ind and water erosion; to <br />reduce damage from sediment and rmioff to downstream areas; to <br />improve wildlife habitat; to enhance natural beauty* <br />Conditions Whore Practice Anplies <br />On sediment producing, highly erodible or severely eroded areas <br />such as dams, dikes, mine spoil, levees, channels, waterways, cuts <br />and fills, terrace backslopes, surface-mined areas, roadsides and <br />denuded or gullied areas where vegetation is difficult to establish <br />with usual seeding or planting methods. <br />Snccificaticns <br />General <br />The seeding of herbaceous vegetation and plantings of trees, shrubs <br />and vines and related operations shall be performed as designated <br />in Items 1 through 8 and the tables of this specification. <br />1, Lime shall be applied according to a soil test. <br />2, Fertilizer where required, shall be a regular commercial <br />fertilizer (including liqxiid form) meeting the requirements <br />of applicable state laws. Fertiliser shall be spread \miformly <br />and worked into the soil immediately after spreading. See <br />fertilizer recommendations for maintenance of critical areas <br />in Table 2, <br />Preparation of Seedbed Prior to seedbed preparation, divert <br />any ccncentraccd flow of off-site v:ater from the area. All <br />grading and siiaping operations will bo completed and the area <br />to be seeded shall be reasonably smooth, free of rills and <br />gullies and shall have tlie designed cross section before seed­ <br />bed preparation. At this stage of operation, tlie required <br />lime and fertilizer shall be applied uniformly and incorporated <br />into the top 3 inches of the soil with suitable equipment. <br />Seedbed preparation operations shall be suspended when the <br />soil is too wet or div* <br />i'i