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Oakridge Energy, Inc. <br />C- 1992 -080 / PR -01 / AdegReview #1 <br />08- Dec -2014 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />multiple times in the history of this mine and all of them have been discussed in this <br />revision. Please clarify which post mining land use is being discussed. <br />4. The permit text on page 5 -9 describes the reference area as 1.7 acres and Appendix 5 -14 <br />describes it being 1.5 acres. Please clarify the acreage of the reference area. <br />5. Where the post mining land use is dryland pasture, the success standard will be that of the <br />proposed reference area. The text on page 5 -9 states that the proposed reference area <br />contains a mixture of pasture grasses, mountain shrub and pinyon juniper vegetation <br />communities. The reference area being proposed does not have the same plant <br />community as that of a dryland pasture. Rule 4.15.7(3)(a) states that a reference area <br />shall be selected to represent each plant community within the disturbed area. Please <br />explain why a mountain shrub and pinyon juniper vegetation community is being <br />proposed as a reference area for a dryland pasture. <br />6. Please include a discussion as to how the reference area will be managed especially as it <br />pertains to grazing and weed control (Rule 4.15.7(3)(d)). <br />7. The permit text on page 5 -17 has the heading 2.05.5(2) Proposed Post - Mining Land Use <br />(2014). Rule 2.05.5(2) is actually about the post mining land uses for underground <br />mines. Please amend the nomenclature so it does not appear that underground mining <br />activities are being addressed. Also, please remove `Proposed' in the heading. <br />2.05.5 — Post Mining Land Uses <br />1. A map of the post mining land uses was not included in the permit application. Please <br />submit a map prepared to the standards of Rule 2.10 showing all the post mining land <br />uses for the area within the current permit boundary (Rule 2.05.5(1)(c)). <br />Appendix 5 -14 <br />1. On page 1, the second paragraph of the introduction describes the location of the mine <br />site and references figure 1. Figure 1 was not included with this appendix. Please submit <br />figure 1 which shows the location of the mine site. <br />2. In section 2.2.2 of Appendix 5 -14, it states that no transects were allowed to extend <br />within 10 feet of the reference area boundary. Using the scale provided on the 2014 <br />Reference Area Sample Points photo, two points fall within 10 feet of the perimeter. One <br />of the two points is in the SE corner along the southern border and the other is on the <br />eastern border, second from the north. Please clarify if these points were used in the data <br />set. <br />3. The first hit data points were provided and are listed in Table 2 of Appendix. Using this <br />data, the total vegetative covers values were verified. The data for the quantitative cover <br />