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.;,.aging ~ec:ama;.'on Success <br />• <br />• <br />When the m-~r,es were Derr-;coed - one ear~y '98C's, a very ~a.~ge <br />area was planned for surface c-~s~,.rpance. 0-ig~na-. .y. G uncergrc~rc <br />longwai mines were p:ar.nee ac n-gr orod:.c~~on ^ates. An o~c TdD <br />from. one or~gina'. perm~cc-ng was fcune wrtch snows tre proposes <br />e'sc.:~pec area ac gnat „-~e. ;. :s :nc,ueec as ..<r,:b-t `",-'A. 3y <br />overlay-,ng ~..'.s map cn cxn'p~t ..- wr~ch ee--neates ..ne pre- <br />exist~ng vegeca;.-.ve communities, ,c -~s seen cnac =ne or .g r.a. T-.-e <br />p : a^ COnt eiil0 ~ dteC a i arge G ; 3 ~L:rpanCe 1 r., the 'ie aCOW COmmUn' ~y va"~;. <br />samp'es were taken 'n the Teadow area east of .Highway 13. <br />exhibit C-7 snows the c,:rrent disturbec area, wnicn was re_la~mec <br />in 1986. 3y overlaying this Tao or: 'cxn'bit K-'. ~~ -s seen .hat the <br />disturbed area '.s comoriseo of land that, when the mines were <br />orig'na~ly perm•:tted .n the 198C's, consisted of mountain snrwo <br />community, big sage community, pre-law mine disturbance and a smai <br />portion of meadow community at the tiortnern #. ;^ine. <br />r=rom the base;~.ne vegetation section o` the permit Cnapter K, tre <br />total vegetative cover for eat^, of the communities '.s as snow r: <br />below: <br />`leacow Community: 97.&~ See page K-.4 of permit. <br />Sig Saga Community: 65.2 See page K-18 of permit. <br />~1ounta=.n Shrub Community: 65.1 See gage K-24 of perm'.t. <br />xnib,t ~-~ s'r:ows that almost the entire area of the Rena:. =~ -~,na <br />was previously disturbed by pre-'.aw mining. .;edging from the <br />terra-,n and the surrouneing communities, ~ is safe to est,mate <br />chat t'r.e ~,-enau ;$2 pond area was or-gir:al'y located in the big sage <br />community and the mine area on the west s'de of 4ighway ".3 was <br />located .n the .mountain s:nrub community. <br />the refuse area is located in ':and that was origina:ly b`:g sage <br />community. 'he Northern =.1 topsoi~ stockpile area was ai50 ~OC3teC <br />~~,~ t'ne n-~g sage community. <br />~'ne Northern ;.1 ;line area was ;ocated in portions of big sage, <br />mo,.ntain shrub ane meadow. Por th•,s reason, the or'g~nai s..rveyec <br />rec'amation map of -he mine area at a scare of =1C0' has Deer. <br />used to delineate the original vegetative communities. ~ '.s <br />inc~uded in this section as =xhibi., u-i3. <br />• <br />IZev~s~D gli~~g6 !~,-12th <br />r~f r" ~1 <br />