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Water Monitoring <br />A hydrologic monitoring program was implemented at the Canadian Strip Mine in 1980. The <br />extent of this program was revised on November 18, 1985. Monitoring, as defined in Stipulations <br />8, 9, 11 and 12 of the original permit, was reduced. The current program, approved October 5, <br />1990, monitors water levels annually at well No. 7. Well 7 is in the spoils aquifer of the <br />backfilled pit. <br />The monitoring plan is outlined in the permit application on page 71 and is stipulated in the <br />approval of this permit. <br />Topsoil <br />The soils within the permit area are highly variable in depth and quality. Soils mapped in swales <br />and north-facing slopes are generally deep and well-drained sandy loams, neutral to slightly <br />alkaline, with moderate amounts of organic matter. Several areas of saline and/or sodic topsoil <br />were located in the permit area. These saline and sodic soils are unsuitable for topsoil and were <br />not used in the reclamation of disturbed areas at the site. <br />Information regarding topsoil can be found in Section 2.04.9 of Volume I, Appendix E of <br />Volume II, and Appendix 1 of Volume III of the permit document. <br />Vegetation <br />The mine site is in the intermontane park climax region. Only one vegetation type, Big <br />sagebrush community, was disturbed on the site. The big sagebrush community occurs on a <br />variety of exposures and soil types. Dominant life forms are shrubs and semi-shrubs. Vegetation <br />cover ranges from 9% (grassland) to 30% (big sagebrush shrubland). <br />Baseline vegetation information for the Canadian Strip Mine is presented in Section 2.04.10 of <br />Volume I and Appendix F of Volume II of the original permit document. Information pertaining <br />to the revegetation plan is presented in Section 2.05.4 of Volume I and Exhibit I of Volume III. <br />Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026 9 December 5, 1996 <br />