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<br />40 <br />l Forb specie @ > or = 5% of overall species diversity. <br />Based upon pre-mining data, the Division concludes that the species required for the <br />revegetation success criteria need be defined as "perennial". Please revise the <br />Revegetation Diversity standard to reflect this. (4.15.8) <br />195. Review of the proposed "seed mixture for oak/pinyon pine community", table 2.05.4-3, <br />and proposed "seed mixture for grassland community, table 2.05.4-2; shows a paucity of <br />warm season seed included in the mix. Only 10% of the grass seed in the Grassland mix <br />is represented by one warm season specie. Pre-mining data shows that 5 warm season <br />species comprise 17.3% of the absolute vegetative cover (60% mean relative cover) on <br />the surface mine grassland area. The oak/pinyon community seedmix more closely <br />reflects the species composition by including 13% of the grass seed component as 1 warm <br />season species. The pre-mining data shows 5 warm season species comprising 7.6% mean <br />absolute cover (21% mean relative cover). The Division considers that LCC will have <br />a higher probability of achieving the reclamation success goals with inclusion of at least <br />one other warm season grass in the seedmixes. (Rules 4.15.1(1) and 4.15.3(2)) Please <br />revise the seed mixes to reflect the higher pre-mining occurrence of warm season grasses. <br />Rule 4.16 Postminin2 Land Uses <br />196. See corttments under Rule 2.05.6(2). <br />Rule 4.17 Air Resource Protection <br />197. How will the portal spoil piles by stabilized and protected so as to effectively control <br />erosion and attendant air pollution? <br />Rule 4.18 Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values <br />198. LCC permit azea was surveyed for federally listed threatened and endangered species. <br />LCC states that "the permit azea does not contain suitable habitat for any federally-listed <br />threatened or endangered species." (page 2.05-79). <br />As required by Rule 4.18(4), power lines must be designed and constructed to minimize <br />electrocution to raptors. LCC references that the proposed 69kV power line will be <br />designed in accordance with criteria described in "Suggested Practices for Raptor <br />Protection on Power Lines, the State of the Art in 1981. Please provide, to [he Division, <br />an example of the design that will be used. <br />199. Permit application page 2.04-58 states that three species of fish were observed in <br />