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3 Amendment [o Proposed Stipulation ~i With Justification Prior to August 1, 1981, the applicant shall select, in consultation with the Colorado MLRD and OSM, appropriate areas [o increase the size of the existi_nR dry meadow reference area from 0.8 acres to approximately 2,0 acres. The enlarged dry meadow reference area shall be mapped at a scale of 1" = 100' so as to clearly indicate those areas within the revised reference area that will not be sampled in the future. The revised reference area, as well as the dry meadow areas to be affected, shall be sampled by September 1, 1982, for cover, production and woody plant density using [he methods identified in [he MRP for [he baseline reference area survey. No surface disturbance other than that necessar for construction of the peripheral diversion ditches as discussed with the applicant shall occur on the proposed upper terrace dry meadow areas of disturbance prior to completion of all vegetation sampling required herein. The vegetation characteristics of the revised reference area shall be statistically compared to those of the corresponding affected areas using the procedures discussed in the MRP. A specific plan shall be developed for both the dry meadow and wet mixed shrub reference areas that would ensure the proper management of these areas throughout the life of the mine. The dry meadow management plan shall include measures to insure thaC the vegetation type remains essentially unchanged from the primaril herbaceous vegetation structure that existed at the time of the 1980 reference area base ins inventory. Prior to completion of the baseline inventory for the dry meadow community, the proposed dry meadow affected areas shall be managed in the same way as the revised dry meadow reference area. During the 9th and 10th years of the bond liability period, the revegetated and reference areas shall be managed in [he same way. The revised reference area map,r~l},daX~,ap~ analy~se~s, and the reference area management plans shall be su~mitte~or approval~to the regulatory authority by December 1, 1982.