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Information concerning groundwater may be found in Appendix C, Volumes I and II of the <br />permit application. <br />Water Monitoring <br />A hydrologic monitoring program was implemented at the Canadian Strip Mine in 1980. <br />The extent of this program was revised on November 18, 1985. Monitoring, as defined in <br />Stipulations 8, 9, 11 and 12 of the original permit, was reduced. The current program, <br />approved October 5, 1990, monitors water levels annually at well No. 7. Well 7 is in the <br />spoils aquifer of the 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 <br />swales and north-facing slopes are generally deep and well-drained sandy loams, neutral to <br />slightly alkaline, with moderate amounts of organic matter. Several areas of saline and/or <br />sodic topsoil were located in the permit area. These saline and sodic soils are unsuitable <br />for topsoil and were 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 I of Volume III of the permit document. <br />Vegetation <br />The mine site is in the intermontane park climax region. Two vegetation types occur within <br />the site: a dry grassland community and a big sagebrush shrub community. The dry <br />grassland type occurs on south-facing slopes and within swales. Dominant life forms are <br />cool season grasses and low shrubs. The big sagebrush community occurs on a variety of <br />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 <br />of Volume I and Appendix F of volume II of the original permit document. Information <br />pertaining to the revegetation plan is presented in Section 2.05.4 of Volume I and Exhibit <br />I of Volume III. <br />Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026 g July 31, 1992 <br />