2016-12-19_PERMIT FILE - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/19/2016
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume 8A - Soil Loss Comparison
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

TABLE of CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction........................................................................................................................1
1.1 General............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Precipitation......................................................................................................................1
1.3 Background, Success Standards, and Evaluation....................................................................1
2.0 Methodology for Vegetation Sampling................................................................................ 5
2.1 Sample Site Selection / Location..........................................................................................5
2.2 Determination of Ground Cover...........................................................................................6
2.3 Sample Adequacy Determination.........................................................................................6
3.0 Results.................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Summary ..........................................................................................................................9
3.2 East Mine Revegetation......................................................................................................9
4.0 Conclusions......................................................................................................................10
5.0 Literature Cited................................................................................................................. 10
Maps, Figures, Tables and Charts
Map 1— East Mine - Vegetation Sample Point Locations - 2016 .....................................................2
Table P — Annual Precipitation for Paonia, Colorado, 2005 — 2016 ..................................................3
Chart Pi — Seasonal Precipitation for the 12 months Prior to Evaluation... 2006-2016 ......................3
Chart P2 — Seasonal Precipitation for the 12 months Prior to Evaluation... 2016 vs. 89 -yr Avg ............ 3
Figure 1— Sampling Procedure at a Systematic Sample Site Location.............................................8
Chart 1— Total Plant Cover - Success Criterion Comparison — 2016 ................................................9
Table 1— Observed Species - 2016..........................................................................................11
Table 2 - Vegetation Cover - Ground Cover Summary — 2016 ......................................................12
Chart 2 - Comparison - Average Cover Ground Cover by Lifeform - 2016 ......................................13
Chart 3 - Comparison - Relative Cover (Composition) by Lifeform — 2016 .....................................13
Table 3 - Vegetation Cover — East Mine — 2013 — Raw Data........................................................14
Photos 1-11 Photographs of the East Mine — 2013.....................................................................15