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440), or an associated approved reference site) is adequately established as <br />described below on disturbed surfaces to stabilize soils through the life of the <br />project. As ecological site descriptions (ESD) are developed those cover values may <br />replace range site, AIM data, or reference site values. <br />9. Final reclamation is considered successful when the entire reclamation site <br />(including obliterated roads) has attained the following criteria: <br />a. Vegetation with eighty percent similarity of desired foliar cover, bare ground, <br />and shrub and/or forb density in relation to the identified DPC. In the absence of <br />specified DPC data, an agreed upon reference site or AIM data would serve as <br />the DPC. Vegetative cover values for woodland or shrubland sites are based on <br />the capability of those sites in an herbaceous state. <br />b. The resulting plant community must have composition of at least five desirable <br />plant species, and no one species may exceed 70 percent relative cover to <br />ensure that site species diversity is achieved. Desirable species include native <br />species from the surrounding site, species listed in the range/ecological site <br />description, or species from the BLM approved seed mix. <br />c. If non -prescribed or unauthorized plant species (e.g. Yellow sweetclover, <br />Melilotus officinalis) appear in the reclamation site BLM may require their <br />removal. <br />10. The vegetation community established on the reclaimed site stabilizes soils, is <br />capable of persisting without continued intervention (excluding routine weed <br />management), and will allow plant community successional processes to progress <br />toward advanced community states. <br />11. Bare ground does not exceed that of the range site or if not described, bare ground <br />does not exceed that of a representative undisturbed DPC meeting the Colorado <br />Standards for Public Land Health. <br />12. Reclamation success in areas affected by cheatgrass and/or other invasive annuals <br />will be qualified based on the condition of the project site (i.e., the relative <br />vegetative cover) prior to disturbance: <br />a. If the project site contains less than 25 percent relative cover of undesirable <br />species, Final reclamation will be considered acceptable when the relative cover <br />of undesirable species on the project site does not exceed 5 percent. <br />b. If the project site contains 25 percent to 50 percent relative cover of undesirable <br />species, Final reclamation will be considered acceptable when the relative cover <br />of undesirable species on the project site does not exceed 10 percent.12 <br />12 Revised: 9/18/2015 <br />Daub & Associates, Inc. Page 20 Natural Soda LLC 2015 EMP <br />