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Final Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring Plan—Version 2.0 <br />Climax Mine Overburden Storage Facility Expansion (SPK-2013-00045) <br />March 2017 Bikis Water Consultants, a division of SGM Page 21 <br />Minor re-grading to improve water distribution, <br />Weed control to ensure native wetland plant establishment, <br />Re-planting of wetland plants in selected areas, and <br />Re-seeding of disturbed upland and transition areas. <br />10.0 ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS <br />Ecologically based standards were developed to document that the mitigation in this Plan <br />achieves its objectives. These standards follow the Corps South Pacific Division’s Uniform <br />Mitigation Performance Standards SPD 12505 and Performance Standards Table 12505.01, <br />and are shown in Table 4. The standards address the flora, fauna and physical characteristics <br />of the wetlands created at the mitigation site. These factors will be evaluated to document a <br />functioning wetland system has been established at the mitigation site. The wetlands will be <br />evaluated using vegetation sampling, soil pits, assessment of water supply and observations of <br />the site. <br />The performance standards are based on the characteristics of the wetlands to be impacted, <br />which are typical of similar wetlands in the area. Therefore, reference wetlands are not <br />proposed to be used. <br />Table 4. Ecological Performance Standards for the Mitigation Site(1)