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Revegetation 4. Page 2.04-1 of the Permit Renewal Application states, "WFC did not ~~ disturb any alkali sagebrush community, therefore, none will be reclaimed." The permit application should be revised to reflect this information, 5. Page 2.04-1 of the 1986 Permit Renewal Application states "WFC proposes o to use reference areas to evaluate the success of revegetation. The big sagebrush and alkali sagebrush reference areas are shown on Figure 1F of Appendix F and Figure 2 of the original application. However WFC will only utilize the big sagebrush community for revegetation success~as the - alkali sagebrush was not disturbed." Please revise the permit application to appropriately reflect this last sentence. ~ (~. 6, Exhibit 3 of the 1987 Permit Renewal Application which identifies the ' seed mix used on the 1987 reclaimed area should be incorporated and identified as the presently approved permanent seed mix. The seed mix which was used in the 1982 and 1984 reclamation should also be retained , , for future reference. ~ ~~ w ""r'S``~" ~`'~'' bias;,. ~ .(air Z / '~ n~~~:n~`\ ~~ ~~ 7, The main body of the permit a~ication does not7contain reference to a ~ \ vegetation monitoring plan t~ at is required in compliance with ` \ ~r Rule 4.15.1(4). Various iiEems of correspondenFe address a plan. These ~-~: ~ items include: 1) Addendu~ 2; 2) a letter dated 12/30/81 from '` David Stout to Richard Domingue which is located in the communications ~~~~-°"' ` section of the application; 3) a letter dated 2/2/82 from David Stout to ~ '.~, . Steve Manger of OSM; and 4) an enclosure delineating "responses to y'"'~ comments regarding fish and wildlife impacts" (cover letter dated-~_v~ F'= ~~ August 19, 1981). A search of our files did not produce the vegetation ~~t~~;7 data that WFC committed to submitting. Please revise the pernri t ,,,,• s ,>>'~ application to include a monitoring plan which incorporates all ~"• ~~~_,~~`• commitments which were made in the above referenced sources. Also, ao~`Q~na ~ ye"~ please submit all vegetation data which was collected in compliance with `i,y X ~y,\~1 WrC commitments. p,~~~ ~~, d. Commitments regarding fencing and grazing plans which address ~a ~~~i7 Rules 4.15.7(3), 4.15.1(3), and 4.15.5 were found in the following ~ ~~` 1 ocati ons: ~,` Addendum 1 Addendum 5 Addendum 2 Addendum 6 Communication, dated 2/2/82 from David Stout to Steve Manger of OSM. These commitments should be directly incorporated into the main body of the permit application. y `' 9. Addendums 6 and Sa include the commitments regarding a rye grass competition study. Addendum 8a states that WFC would submit the results of this study by January 30, 1983. A search of our files did not result in location of a document of this nature. Please submit a copy of the results to the Division. -3-