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<br /> <br />will apply to grassland areas. Species diversity standards are 2 cool season <br />grasses and l warm season grass comprising 5 to 30 percent of total live <br />vegetative cover excluding annual weeds. One perennial forb should comprise <br />5% of total live vegetative cover excluding annual weeds. <br />For oak pinyon areas, success will be demonstrated for cover and production <br />when the reclaimed area is at least 90 % of the reference area and meets the 90% <br />confidence interval using none-sided T-test. The woody stem density standard is <br />500 stems per acre. Species diversity standards are 2 cool season grasses and l <br />warm season grass comprising 5 to 30 percent of total live vegetative cover <br />excluding annual weeds. One perennial forb should comprise 5% of total live <br />vegetative cover excluding annual weeds. <br />E. The Division approves of the reference areas that the applicant has selected based <br />on the requirements of Rule 4.l 5.7(3). Extended reference areas will be used. <br />Reduction in size of the permit area from 17,000 acres to 3142 acres as a result of <br />PR-O1 will not affect the ability of the applicant to utilize the extended reference <br />area concept. The areas are depicted on Map 2.04.10-1 Vegetation Community <br />Map. <br />The reference areas will be utilized to determine revegetation success in a manner <br />that the Division finds acceptable (4.15.7(4)). <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use <br />No specific approvals are granted under this section. <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br />A. Fish and wildlife habitat is secondary use of the reclaimed area. The applicant <br />has a plan for the re-establishment of shrubs on portions of the reclaimed areas of <br />the surface mine. (4.18(5)(I)) <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining <br />A. The Division does not approve surface coal mining activities being conducted <br />within 500 feet of an active or abandoned underground mine. (4.19(1) and <br />4.22.4(1)) <br />XV. Subsidence Control <br />No specific approvals are granted under this section. <br />zz <br />