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1.0 I NTROOl1CT I ON <br />This vegetation inventory has been designed to meet the requirements <br />for permitting existing coal mining operations as defined by the <br />"Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division for <br />Coal Mining" as published in 1980 and as Interpreted by personnel of <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation. <br />The Somerset Mine, an underground development located in Gunnison <br />County near Somerset, has been in operation since 1902. Disturbances <br />associated with mining including the facilities area, sewage leach <br />field, powerline access road, and portals have existed for many years <br />end only a few acres of disturbance are planned for the future. The <br />method of establishing a baseline standard for measuring revegetation <br />success was designed considering these factors. Per the instruction <br />and guidance of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation personnel, all quan- <br />titative work was confined to en undisturbed zone (reference areal <br />surrounding the major disturbances. Thus, the baseline standards were <br />generated. <br /> <br />-1- <br />