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Essentially all other areas designated as Wetland on Map 2.04.10-1 will be disturbed by mining. <br />However, these areas correspond to wetlands lacking a "significant nexus" as defined by recent <br />Corps guidance and are not considered to be jurisdictional wetlands. While the exact limits of <br />disturbance to this type have not been precisely defined, it is certain that less than 10 acres of this <br />vegetation type will be disturbed by mining. At a consultation meeting held with the DRMS in <br />Grand Junction, NHN was directed to eliminate this as a separate vegetation type and combine it <br />with the Irrigated Pasture vegetation type due to the similarity between these vegetation types. <br />DRMS requested NHN perform a statistical comparison of these two vegetation types. <br />Upon comparing the total plant cover and production of the Irrigated Pasture predisturbance <br />areas with the Wetland predisturbance areas, it can be determined that these sites are similar. <br />Total plant cover averages 76.60 and 69.30 percent and forage production averages 83.34 grams <br />per 1/4m2, respectively. A t-test comparison of these values reveals that the calculated tc value <br />for total plant cover was determined to be equal 0.7050 and the calculated t, value for forage <br />production was determined to be equal 1.0590. The corresponding tabular tt values are 2.048 for <br />cover and 1.982 for production. Since the calculated t. in both instances, are less than the <br />corresponding tt values, it can be concluded that the total plant cover and forage production <br />values for the Wetland and Irrigated Pasture predisturbance vegetation types are statistically <br />equal for these two parameters. This means it will be appropriate to combine the Irrigated <br />Pasture and Wetland predisturbance vegetation types with respect to final revegetation success <br />standards. Therefore, with respect to final revegetation, any disturbed wetlands will be <br />combined with the Irrigated Pasture vegetation type when the reclamation success criteria are <br />considered. <br />DESCRIPTION OF MINOR PREDISTURBANCE AREA VEGETATION TYPES <br />ROADS <br />Since the NHN permit area is based upon the boundaries of the west half of Section 25, included <br />with this study area are paved and unpaved roads. The paved roads include Montrose County <br />Road AA, located on the south side, Montrose County Road 26.00 located on the west side and <br />Montrose County Road 26.50, located on the east side of the permit area. Montrose County <br />Road Z is located on the north side of the permit area and is a gravel road. There are also two <br />graveled roads within the NHN permit area. In the southwestern portion of the site, there is a <br />graveled road, leading to the Garvey brick house and on the Glasier Property there is another <br />graveled road which leads to the existing trailer house as well as a recently removed trailer <br />house. Included within this designation are the surfaces of the county paved roads, the graveled <br />Section 2.04.10 Page 24 of 36 June 2016 (TR -14) <br />