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-s- WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE APPLICANT MUST REVISE THE APPLICATION TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT THAT THE COhiBINED McCLANE CANYON MINE AND MUNGER CANYON MINE PRE-MINE DATA FOR PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE GREASEWOOD SHRUBLAND, SHADSCALE SHRUBLAND, AND JUNIPER WOODLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE DETERMINATION OF REVEGETATION SUCCESS (PRODUCTIVITY COMPONENT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED UNDER RULE 4.15.8(3)(b). 8. THE FOLLOWING WOODY PLANT DENSITY RE VEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARD IS PROPCSED BY THE DIVISION FOR THE McCLANE CANYON MINE: 500 STEMS/ACRE FOR THE GREASEWOOD SHRUBLAND AND SHADSCALE SHRUBLAND COMMUNITIES, AND 2,000 STEMS/ACRE FOR THE JUNIPER WOODLAND COMMUNITY. WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE THE PERMITTEE SHALL EITHER REVISE THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO COMMIT TO USE OF THIS STANDARD OR COMMIT TO USE OF AN ALTERNATE STANDARD AGREED UPON IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION. THE FOLLOWING SPECIES DIVERSITY REVEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARD IS PROPOSED BY THE DIVISION FOR ALL REVEGETATED AREAS AT THE McCLANE CANYON MINE: 3 COOL SEASON GRASSES, 2 WARM SEASOtJ GRASSES, AND TWO FORBS BE ESTABLISHED, AT MINIMUM; NO ONE SPECIES OF WHICH IS TO COMPRISE MORE THAN 40~ OF THE RELATIVE VEGETATIVE COVER. WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE SHALL EITHER REVISE THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO COMMIT TO USE OF THIS STANDARD OR COMMIT TO USE OF AN ALTERNATE STANDARD AGREED UPON IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION. 10. WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE SHALL REVISE THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO INCLUDE THE ANNUAL REVEGETATION MONITORING PROGRAM PROPOSED FOR THE MUNGER CANYON MINE IN THE APRIL 18, 1983 LETTER TO THE DIVISION FROM SHERIDAN ENTERPRISES. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE INITIATED THE SECOND YEAR AFTER INITIAL PERMANENT REVEGETATION SEEDING OF ANY AREA AT THE McCLANE CANYON MINE. 11. WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE APPLICANT SHALL REVISE THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO COMMIT TO BACKFILLING THE PORTAL FACE-UP AREA TO THE ORIGINAL "STRAND LINE" OR CREST LINE OF THE ORIGINAL UNDISTURBED SLOPE WHICH WAS EXCAVATED OUT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINE BENCH AND PORTALS. THE SLOPE GRADIENT AND COMPACTION OF THE BACKFILLED PORTAL FACE-UP AREA SHALL BE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM STATIC SLOPE SAFETY FACTOR OF 1.3. COMMITMENT BY THE APPLICANT TO THIS BACKFILLED CONFIGURATION SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE APPLICANT FROM SUBMITTING A FUTURE REQUEST TO THE DIVISION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE BACKFILLING SCHEME FOR THE PORTAL FACE-UP AREA WHICH WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 4,14.2.