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8.0 Interim Revegetation Monitoring <br />Irrigated Cropland and Prime Farmland <br />For Prime Farmland reclamation areas, interim monitoring will occur in Years 2 and 7. Interim <br />revegetation monitoring will not be required to meet statistical adequacy and will not provide a <br />basis for determination of revegetation success. The interim monitoring will assess the <br />performance of the revegetation unit as it pertains to bond release standards, and the results of the <br />interim vegetation monitoring will be reported in the annual reclamation report. <br />Irrigated Pasture and Dryland Pasture <br />For Irrigated Pasture and Dryland Pasture reclamation areas, interim monitoring will occur in <br />Years 2 and 7. At the discretion of the New Horizon Mine smaller reclamation units less than <br />one acre in size may not be monitored in years 2 or 7. These small reclamation units will be <br />combined with an adjacent larger reclamation units when those units enter years 2 and 7. <br />Interim revegetation monitoring will not be required to meet statistical adequacy and will not <br />provide a basis for determination of revegetation success. The interim monitoring will assess the <br />performance of the revegetation unit as it pertains to bond release standards, and the results of the <br />interim vegetation monitoring will be reported in the annual reclamation report. <br />Page 49 May 2016 (TR -75) <br />