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• 2.04.10 Vegetation Information <br />(1) A vegetation map is included in the permit application as Map 3. This map <br />delineates plant communities in the area to be affected by surface operations <br />and facilities. The delineation of plant communities is on the basis of the <br />visually dominant perennial species. <br />(2) The vegetation map shows the location of the Juniper W oodland and Mixed <br />Shrub reference areas. <br />(3) The vegetation map includes sufficient adjacent areas to allow evaluation of <br />vegetation as important for fish and wildlife. <br />(4) Plant community descriptions are included in the Bowie Number 2 Mine, <br />1995 and 2001 Baseline Vegetation Reports, located in Exhibit 5. Three <br />major communities were identified in the area to be affected by surface <br />operations, facilities and the surrounding area at the mine site. They are <br />Juniper Woodland, Mixed Shrub and Meadow. Four communities were <br />• identified in the area to be affected by the unit train loadout. They are <br />Pasture, Irrigated Hayfield, Orchard and Derelict. <br />(5) The potential for impacts to rare and endangered plant species was <br />evaluated as part of the 1995 and the 2001 Baseline Vegetation Reports. <br />No threatened or endangered species were found in the area to be affected <br />by surface operations, facilities or the surrounding area. <br />The 1995 Baseline Vegetation Report identified some wet areas as minor <br />cummunities. Based on a site inspection performed on November 22, 1996 <br />by Randy Snyder with the Corps of Engineers, certain wet areas were <br />identified as wetlands. The wetlands inspected by the Corps are numbered <br />sequentially 1 through 18 on Map 3 -Vegetation. The unnumbered wet <br />areas were not inspected by the Corps, because they are not within the area <br />to be disturbed, however they are assumed to be wetlands. Approximately <br />0.31 acres of wetlands will be disturbed. The applicant has applied for a <br />Department of the Army Permit for the proposed wetland disturbance which <br />will include a plan to mitigate the wetlands disturbance. The Department of <br />the Army Permit application is presented in Volume III, Exhibit 13, Other <br />Permits. <br />PR-O6 2.04 - 64 - 8/01 <br />A PPR oVED <br />/~/ S/o 2 <br />