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sampling: The text should be amended for clarification, and reference to a t-test with regazd to success determination for the annual grain crop should be eliminated. It is not cleaz whether irrigated hayland production would be determined by total field harvest or by quadrat sampling, and this should be clarified. If sampling is to be used, the operator should reference use of the one sample t-test as specified on page 2.05.4-25R. The one sample test is appropriate because the reclaimed azea production data would be compared against a set standard, so only one sample is involved in the comparison. Finally, the numerical standard for irrigated crop production needs to be included in the text as previously requested. 21. Amended page 2.05.4-32R states that "revegetation of the reclaimed sites will be deemed successful when measurements of reclaimed total cover and productivity aze at least 90 percent of the cover and productivity values for the reference azea with 90 percent statistical confidence." The intent is appazently to indicate that reclaimed azea total cover and total production would be compazed against reference area total cover and total production, but the statement should be re-worded to make this clear. While the Division had previously requested that total cover be specified as the applicable success standard, we had not requested that total production be specified. The applicable regulation (4.15.8(4)) specifies herbaceous production, rather than total production, and the total production success standard would be more stringent than required. 23. a) The text was amended as requested to specify that the 1000 stem per acre woody plant density standard applies to all rangeland/wildlife habitat reclaimed azeas. Cyprus indicated that no augmentive treatments were planned at this time for azeas exhibiting low woody plant densities. These azeas should be checked on the ground in the coming field season, and the potential for future natural invasion as referenced by the operator should be evaluated. 23. c) and g) The issue of land use and revegetation plans for the No. 9 portal area and vicinity is still not fully resolved. In order for the Division to approve both the cropland (small grain) land use and the dry pastureland use, to be determined by the operator at the time of reclamation, additional information is necessary concerning the revegetation plan, seedmix, species diversity standard, and reference area for pastureland. On page 2.05.4-16Ra, the text states that "the No. 9 portal area may be seeded with the pastureland seed mixture if this land use coincides with adjacent land use. The seed mixture will be determined at the time the site is reclaimed." On page 2.05.4-24R, however, the text indicates that pastureland is one of the proposed land uses, and references a pastureland seed mixture (Table 66). This seems contradictory, and clarification is needed. A revegetation plan and seedmix applicable to the alternative dryland pasture land use will need to be included in the application in order for the Division to approve the land use.