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-28- Stipulation No. 7 TOPSOIL MUST BE ANALYZED FOR FERTILIZER ELEMENTS PRIOR TO SEEDING. IF THE SOIL IS FOUND TO BE PHOSPHOROUS-DEFICIENT, PHOSPHOROUS MUST BE INCORPORATED INTO THE TOPSOIL DURING THE RESPREADING PROCESS. ANY OTHER FERTILIZER ELEMENTS WHICH ARE DEFICIENT IN THE TOPSOIL MAY BE ADDED AFTER ONE YEAR'S GROWTH OF VEGETATION AT A TIME OF YEAR APPROVED BY THE DIVISION. The Munger Canyon site is located in an area that normally receives less than 10 inches of precipitation annually. This may be detrimental to revegetation. For this reason, the surface manipulation of the soils is to precede seeding. Contour furrowing, for example, would protect the soil from erosion, as well as enhance water-holding capacity and availability to vegetation. Salt Creek Mining Company plans to rough the surface on areas to be broadcast seeded, but intends to grade other areas. Thus, the following stipulation is necessary: Stipulation No. 8 WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE WILL SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR SURFACE MANIPULATION OF THE SOILS TO ENHANCE MOISTURE RETENTION AND REDUCE EROSION DURING RECLAMATION. THIS PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE DIVISION AND INITIATED BY THE PERMITTEE DURING RECLAMATION. With the acceptance of these stipulations,the operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. XII. Vege to ti on Information - Rule 2.04.10 The Division has reviewed the baseline vegetation information presented for the Munger Canyon project (Section 4.8 of Volume I of the application). The Division has determined that the information is adequate and the operation is in compliance, with the following exceptions. In the sampling program undertaken, insufficient numbers of samples were taken to provide desired levels of confidence (p ~ .80 for non-herbaceous communities, d= .10, « (2)), for the productivity of the Big Sagebrush, Juniper woodland, Greasewood shrubland, and Shadscale shrubland communities. The Salt Creek Mining Company Munger Canyon project contains the same vegetative communities (with the exception of the Big sagebrush community) as, and is Located contiguously to, the Salt Creek Mining Company McClane Canyon site. Abiotic factors affecting the occurrence of vegetation communities are similar. For this reason, productivity data from the two sites was compared to determine if the communities of McClane and Munger Canyon were from differing populations. It was statistically verified that the respective Munger and McClane vegetative communities were not significantly different in terms of vegetative productivity within the bounds of each vegetative community. Data from the McClane and Munger sites were combined (within communities, between sites) and it was determined that the combined data met adequacy requirements.