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52.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES -- <br />MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. <br /> <br />2.04.10 Vegetation Information. (Cont'd.) <br />(4) (Cont'd.) <br />Appendix, Volume 9A. Vegetation Analyses for the area of the <br />Orchard Valley S~'est Mine were completed by Harner & Associ- <br />ates, Inc. and are contained in the report in the Vegetation <br />Appendix, Volu,ne 9A. <br />(5) A literature and herbarium search, as well as a plant invento- <br />ry conducted prior to 1981, indicated that no endangered or <br />threatened plants were in the area of the disturbed mine fa- <br />cilities. <br />Two cacti, the spineless hedgehog cacti and the Uinta Basin <br />hookless cacti, are listed as threatened and endangered in <br />Delta County. Neither of these plants were located on the <br />proposed permit area during inventories and literature <br />searches conducted by the Natural Heritage Inventory and the <br />BLM (U.S.D.O.I., Bureau of Land Management, 1983). CWI there- <br />fore, believes that operations at the Orchard Valley Mine will <br />not impact rare or endangered plant species. <br />• Additional review conducted by Harner 6 Associates, Inc. dur- <br />ing July, 1986, for the Orchard Valley West Mine study sug- <br />gests that two plant species known to occur in Delta County <br />are either considered threatened, endangered or are under re- <br />view for a determination of status. These are the hookless <br />cactus and clay-loving buckwheat. Neither species are likely <br />to occur in the area of the Orchard Valley West Mine nor were <br />they or suitable habitats observed during field investiga- <br />tions. <br />. Revised 08/01/84 <br />Revised 10/12/86 <br />Revised 10(01/87 <br />75 <br />