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~~ <br />VI. Use of Exalosives <br />No specific approvals are granted under this section. <br />Vll. Disaosal of Excess Saoil <br />No specific approvals aze granted under this section. <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks <br />No specific approvals are granted under this section. <br />[X. Coal Mine Waste <br />No specific approvals are granted under this section. <br />X. Backfilline and Grading <br /> <br />A. As noted eazlier, Kaiser Resources has completed all backfilling and grading at <br />the mine site. A Phase I Bond Release was approved on November l9, 1990. <br />XI. Reveeetation <br />A. The Division has approved the use of introduced species in the reclamation seed <br />mix. The applicant has submitted information which shows that the introduced <br />species aze desirable and necessary to achieve the approved post-mining land <br />use, and aze not poisonous or noxious. Due to limited success of woody plants <br />(shrubs) and warm season grasses, limited interseeding on a portion of the <br />reclaimed area occurred in 1993 and consisted of a Blue Grama, Sideoats Grama, <br />Winterfat, and Rubber Rabbitbrush mix. This seed mix was interseeded amongst <br />the existing vegetation. <br />B. Methods to measure herbaceous cover and production, species diversity, and <br />woody plant density are discussed in Section 2.04.10, Tables ]l and 12, and <br />Exhibit 8. <br />Sample locations for cover and production will be randomly selected on the <br />reference azea and the reclaimed areas by use of a numbered grid system <br />(interval = 50 meters on the ground) overlain on the vegetation map of the mine <br />permit azea. This in turn will be overlain with the areas actually disturbed and <br />reclaimed. Arandom-numbers table will be used to identify coordinates for the <br />sample locations. Sample locations will be numbered and shown on the map. <br />Sample locations in the field will be determined by pacing from recognizable <br />12 <br />