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and 43.6 % effective cover on Range site C. The litter component inclu~cd must be <br />natural. <br />XII. <br />production means on each range site, utilizing data from 1979-1985. The standazds are as <br />follows: <br />The production standazds are based on the lower confidence limit of the historic <br /> glrts/m'- Ib /acre <br />Range site A 62.39 56.14 <br />Range site B 42.49 378.76 <br />Range site C 47.46 423.06 <br />Seed mixes and revegetation practices aze designed to meet diversity standazds set forth <br />in the permit for herbaceous species and woody shrub species. These standazds were <br />revised through TR-71, approved in 1998. <br />The diversity standazd for herbaceous species is based on pre-mining historical data. <br />The standard is: <br />1) At least five principal species including a minimum of four cool season perennial <br />grasses and a minimum of one perennial forb. <br />2) Each principal species shall contribute no less than 3.0% relative cover. <br />3) No single species shall contribute in excess of 50% relative cover. <br />4) No four species in combination shall exceed 80% relative cover. <br />The applicant will reestablish shrubs on Range sites A and B by including various native <br />shrubs in the seed mixes and by transplanting mature woody shrub "clumps". A <br />minimum of 250 mature shrub "pads" will be transplanted in each clump. The clumps aze <br />approximately 1,400 apart. The shrub density standazd on Range sites A and B is a <br />minimum 400 live stems per acre and a minimum 50% survival of pads within each <br />clump . There is no shrub density standazd for Range site C. (4.15.7(1)). <br />Post-mining n e <br />The post-mining land use is discussed under Section 4.2 of Vol. IV of the permit application. <br />Cropland, rangeland and wildlife habitat are the currently approved post-mining land <br />uses. Recreational uses such as picnicking and hiking during the summer months as well <br />as cross-country skiing and snow mobiling during the winter months would be <br />compatible with the reclamation and the surrounding areas. Industrial use of the facilities <br />azea is possible but currently these facilities are not approved as permanent. The Division <br />has previously approved the alternative post-mining land uses of recreation (mine-wide) <br />Trapoer Mine 27 Mav 11. 1998 <br />