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§2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING <br />ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON <br />ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. <br />The herbaceous understory in the transition zone is sparse, consisting <br />of cheatgrass, western wheatgrass, Fendler bluegrass, and forbs such <br />as lambstongue grounsel and bedstraw. Additionally, a few large <br />barren areas occur in the pinyon-juniper zone near or on the crowns of <br />fhe ridges. These sites are mostly bare ground and the only vegetation <br />is widely dispersed forbs common to such disturbed arid areas. <br />• <br />Riparian: The riparian vegetation type occurs near the train loadout <br />area along the North Fork of the Gunnison River. The typical trees and <br />shrubs composing riparian vegetation are narrowleaf cottonwood, <br />plains cottonwood, box elder, birch, alder, hawthorn, red osier <br />dogwood, virginsbower, wildrose, and many species of willows. Aspen <br />may sometimes occur along streams as a riparian plant, mainly at <br />elevations lower than that at which it is normally found. Salt cedar <br />occurs along rivers and streams at lower elevations, below 6,000 feet. <br />Herbaceous species include many different grasses, forbs, and <br />sedges. The specific composition of herbaceous species in riparian <br />vegetation varies considerably with altitude. <br />(5) A literature and herbarium search (for the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit <br />application), as well as a plant inventory conducted prior to 1981, <br />indicated that no endangered or threatened plants were in the area of <br />the disturbed mine facilities. <br />Two cacti, the spineless hedgehog cacti and the Uinta Basin hookless <br />cacti, are listed as threatened and endangered in Delta County. <br />Neither of these plants were located on the proposed permit area <br />during inventories and literature searches conducted by the Natural <br />Heritage inventory and the BLM (U.S.D.O.I), Bureau of Land <br />Management, 1983). The operator therefore, believes that operations <br />at the train loadout and stockpile areas will not impact rare or <br />endangered plant species. <br /> <br />TR-20 <br />2.04 - 30 <br />3101 <br />