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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 24 <br />Photo points. Photographs will be taken of each fen at the locations shown in Figure 9 to <br />document the fens. <br />Photographs will be taken from the photo points one time each year during the peak of <br />the growing season during the monitoring period. <br />Measurements will be completed prior to OSF expansion site preparation to establish baseline <br />conditions. Measurements will then be taken annually during and for two years after site <br />preparation is completed to enable comparison to baseline conditions. <br />11.2 WETLAND MITIGATION AS-BUILT DRAWINGS <br />A brief description of the work completed and an as-built drawing will be prepared and submitted <br />to the Corps within six weeks of completion of each phase of the mitigation. <br />11.3 SCHEDULE AND REPORTING <br />Monitoring of the mitigation site will occur each year after site construction and last until the <br />performance standards are met for a minimum of two growing seasons without human <br />intervention, as verified by the Corps. Field measurements will be completed by October 1 of <br />each year, and a written monitoring report which meets the Corps’ Minimum Standards for <br />Monitoring Reports (Regulatory Guidance Letter 08-03 and the January 2015 Guidance) will be <br />prepared and submitted by December 1 of each year that monitoring is required. The report will <br />discuss the methods used, data evaluation, and include the field data. <br />12.0 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />Climax will be the responsible entity implementing long-term management of the mitigation site <br />wetlands. The mitigation site design will require little to no maintenance once the site is <br />established. The principal water source for the site is natural surface water inflow. Water <br />control structures will be design to require no maintenance. The Lake Irwin site is located on <br />private property owned by Climax. Public access is not allowed. <br />Climax has the financial capacity to build, monitor, and maintain the mitigation in this plan. <br />Mineral rights are not an issue at the mitigation site.