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t-h'.UM is FHX NU. 1(1yd464y fS 11dr. b2 21~b 11:5bHM F'6 <br />Surfer Disturbance and posUnining I..and uses -West Portal, show the location of the <br />specific land uses. Section 4.15.8 will be applicable to these areas. <br />The West Portrl area was previntuly considered a pre-law area which would <br />be required to meat a cover standard only. However, the area has experienced sumc <br />disturbance fmm the current mining activities. With th~ ~lbc °~I wed to the cranes do <br />Surface Disturbancell'ost Mining Land CJse, this <br />established for the East t'ortai area. The giajority of the area will he reclaime»~ be <br />Golden Eagle Grassland Reference Arca standards. However, some small , <br />reclaitncd to meet wildlife bnbitat (riparian and upland) criteria 111es o~re~s lalitd sh~Lde f <br />and reclaimed as aPP1OPn~ for the area,, including the planting <br />traversing a wildlife habitat area. However, slnce these are "Pre-1a ~~~'re aimed when the <br />met will be based on cov~ oozy-Roads wiLL be~c~idefthe C~ den yEaSlc lference Area <br />vegetation cover is equal ter thou 90 p <br />Cover, measured at the tmle of comparison- <br />Revegetation success of the wildlife riparian habitat which is wnsilered <br />active disturbance will be based oa section 4.15.8 of the regulations. Inactive areas will be <br />evaluated based on Cover only. Specific success criteria parameters will be establish hcation. <br />sampling of the riparian habitat au discussed in the vegetation sectiosed referen a area for <br />This data earl be formd in the 1987 data shown in Exhibit 1 S. The ptOpo <br />riparian habitat is shown on lv[ap 10, Vegetation. <br />Species diversity and visua] cover estimates of interim ~;lautatiou activities <br />which occur nor to final reclamation will be nulniWred in the third growins season <br />following seeding. This sampling will not achieve statistical adequacy. Evaluation of <br />revegelntivu efforts shall begin following the year of initial seeding of a rec]amadon <br />management unit. Evaluation of seeded areas shall occur in Year 4 and two years prior to <br />final bond release. The results of the revegellttioa success mraluation win be submitted ro the <br />Division with the Annual Reclamation Report for the year. <br />Veegge~tative cover and diversity will be sampled using, 25mctcr long-intercept transects. The <br />reclaimed area and reference arra will be sampled ,apsrately. Sampling tratlsect Locations for <br />both reclaimed areas and reference areas will be provldetl nn the <br />vegetation map <br />Ten trtmsects will initially be conducted in each area. Sample size will be <br />determined as sufficie~ using the SnedecorCochraa sample adequacy £urutula (equation 1), <br />or when 50 ttansects have been sampled. <br />2.05-51 (Revised 3/3/06) <br />TR-48 <br />