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Rationale for Recommendation to Approve 127 <br /> September 29, 2016 <br /> The Division determined the proposed reclamation plan satisfied the requirements of Rule 6.4.5 and the <br /> applicable performance standards of Rule 3.1. <br /> The proposed mine site is located within the boundaries of two Soil Conservation Districts, the El Paso <br /> County Soil Conservation District and the Turkey Creek Soil Conservation District. The Division sent <br /> notice of the permit application to both districts on March 11, 2016, and received no comments or <br /> recommendations for protection of existing vegetative species, or for the proposed reclamation plan. <br /> CPW provided comment on the application, dated April 18, 2016, which included some general <br /> recommendations for protection of existing natural vegetation, control of noxious weeds, and revegetation <br /> of disturbed land. The Applicant has incorporated these recommendations into the permit application. <br /> CPW did not identify any particular existing vegetative species that require special protection. <br /> The Applicant has significantly modified the proposed revegetation plan for the site to address public <br /> concerns regarding slope, aspect, and elevation of different portions of disturbed land to be revegetated. <br /> The proposed portions of species to plant or seed were based on the survey of existing vegetation <br /> conducted on site by BIO-Logic, Inc., and submitted in Exhibit J. <br /> Pursuant to Rule 1.1(41), "reclamation"is defined as the employment during and after a mining operation <br /> of procedures reasonably designed to minimize as much as practicable the disruption from the mining <br /> operation and to provide for the establishment of plant cover, stabilization of soil, the protection of water <br /> resources, or other measures appropriate to the subsequent beneficial use of such affected lands. <br /> Reclamation shall be conducted in accordance with the performance standards of the Act. Therefore, the <br /> Applicant is obligated to reclaim affected lands to a beneficial use, but is not required to restore affected <br /> lands to their pre-mining conditions. <br /> 23. Concerns regarding impacts to existing vegetation (existence of dry xeric tallgrass, mountain <br /> mahogany/needlegrass community, pinon pine/scribner needlegrass community, mesic oak thicket <br /> community; underestimate current biological richness; Little Turkey Creek pinyon juniper area has <br /> trees that are more than 200 years old, some possibly more than 400 years old; will operation destroy <br /> the two giant White Fir trees that exist in Little Turkey Creek canyon?) <br /> (S.Firks, W.Baker,M.Baker, W.Sheaves,A.Sheaves,D.Steen,A.Sickels,L.Pecoraro,M. Yugovich,D. Yugovich,S.Fentman,J. Townsend, <br /> S.Bell,R.Eddy,J.Rrgdon,K.Rigdon, T. Offutt,S. Diggs, W.Diggs,L.Steer,B. Donahue,H.Sandler,J.Enderson,E.Jessup,B.Louzon,L. <br /> Louzon, G. Cousineaer, C Cousineau,P. Ragan, C. Ragan, W. Flaharty,J. Flaharty, C Reed, N.Reed, B.Powell, D. Martin,L. Martin, T. <br /> Hight, C. Watkins,P. Watkins,J McFarlane,R.Eddy Jr.,E. Dean, W. Dean, M. Heer, C Heer,J. Moore,K.Moore,J. Miller,A. Fellows, <br /> T.Fellows, C Kimble, C Bernstein, C Lick,D.Lick,Raven Rudderck.E.Bransby.S.Boehr,R.Blair,D.Larrabee,R.Hassell, G.McCowen, <br /> S.Milliken,M.Lihs,B. Delgado) <br /> The Division determined the application satisfied the requirements of Rule 6.4.10, and the applicable <br /> performance standards of Rule 3.1. <br /> The Applicant has significantly modified the proposed revegetation plan for the site to address public <br /> concerns regarding slope, aspect, and elevation of different portions of disturbed land to be revegetated. <br /> The proposed portions of species to plant or seed were based on the survey of existing vegetation <br /> conducted on site by BIO-Logic, Inc., and submitted in Exhibit J. <br /> i OF�COL� <br /> 1313 S Q 80203 P 303.866.35,Yierm�n Strut, Room 215, Dei�:�-, C �7 F 303.83Z 8106 <br /> Jut lv'. Nrckf.­itovp r. Goierno, Rober°:/ Ra-;ca.!, Exec r_ Ir Detect,r V rym a Brae r:on, Director `*1 * <br />