mined area. Kerr-McGee indicated that it would utilize a so-called "sand-spray process" developed at Brewster Phosphates.[4] On strength of those representations, the Bureau of Land Management advised Kerr-McGee and Global that their initial showings complied with the regulations.

D.
On February 4, 1982, the Forest Service of the Agriculture Department submitted to the Bureau of Land Management the final requirements to be attached to Kerr-McGee's and Global's lease applications. This was required of all applicants in order to proceed with the "final showings" as required under the new regulations. In turn, the Bureau was required to attach the stipulations to any lease which might be issued to phosphate lease applicants in Osceola Forest. The Forest Service then submitted a requirement to be attached to all leases. The requirement, Stipulation No.phosphate industry and phosphate mining companies, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and representatives of the State of Florida.
The interdepartmental team conducted a full review of available scientific literature on phosphate mining reclamation, particularly wetlands reclamation, undertook field trips to on-going reclamation project sitesincluding those then underway at a Brewster phosphate mine using the sand-spray process. The team also reviewed the 1974 Final Environmental Statement, the 1979 Supplemental ES and the 1981 Forest Service evaluation of the Brewster process.
An exhaustive review and study of the conventional and experimental methods of reclaiming lands mined for phosphate was undertaken and on January 7, 1983, the interdepartmental team published its report. Environmental Assessment on State of Reclamation Techniques on Phosphate Mined Lands in Florida and Their