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13. ~4rthuds tv measure herbaceous cover and prodttiuon. slxeies diverstly, and wtxtd}• <br />plant density arc discussed m the lxnnit beginning un Page 521. The permiurr will <br />use the line-intercept method along randomly located trunscct to detcrnunc <br />herbaceous cover. Production will be detcrntined by clil.ping, drying, and writhing <br />the aboveground, current year growth Gom randomly located I'4 ntetrr plots. Shmb <br />density Hill be detemtinrd using a 50 meter belt to+nsrct centered along the cover <br />truucct lines. Chc Dicisivn proposes to :gtprovc of these terhniyurs. (4.15.7(111 <br />('. Comparisons between reclaimed and undisturbed areas. in order w demonstrate that <br />success criteria of 4. I S.S, 4.15.9, or 4.15. I U have been rnct. will be h:tsed on the <br />litllvwnte: <br />Standards, ti>r prtmit areas totaling 4U acres or less in size ur titt undcrgrnund mines <br />+ehrre the total area to br at7cctcd hV ,urfacr operations or taeditics is 4U acres or <br />Irss, based on pre-mining data lur fhr area to he disturbed which :ur obtained Ircnn <br />statistically valid sampling procedures and atllection methods. 'fhe pre-mine data <br />nu+sl be represenwtivc oP local conditions fife land under proper management. 'fhr <br />Division proposes to approve the basis for this comparison. tRule 4.15.7t'_ ndN~ t l <br />1'hc standards fur the Raton Creek mine are; <br />Vegetation Cover ZS pcrccnl <br />\'cgctulion Production ?(1l1 pounds acre <br />Slttvb Density 5UU steno<~acrc <br />Diccrsit}• swndarJ Fur grasses. at Ieast 60 percent of the total vcgctutive cover will <br />be grasses with nu one grass species comprisutg more than 5(1 percent of the total <br />grass weer. Par lochs. at (cast 10 percent of the total vegetative arorr wtll be fvrbs. <br />For shrubs, at I~,vet 5 perccttl vl the total vegetative cover will be shrubs. <br />XII. Pusl•minine L:uu1 Use <br />A. The Division dtxs not approve an alternative post-training land use for this site. 1'hc <br />post-muung IanJ-use is rangeland, identical to the pre-mining land use. <br />III. Protcition ol'Ptsh Wildli~eanJ Rclatcd [trvironmc_t~t;Q Values <br />A. The applicant bus proposed the use ufprrsistent pestiitdrs un fhr site during mininc <br />and~ur reclumatiun operations. The Division proposes to approve this usage. as <br />nccessary.(4.18(5)Ig)) <br />li. Fish and wildlife habitat is nut a planted post-mming land use. However, wildlife do <br />utilize the reclanncd urea, primarily lix grtzing and scorching fir lived. The <br />