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I <br />~J <br />standards are listed below: <br />Parameter <br />Standard <br />90 % of Standard <br />Total herb. cover <br />Total herb. production <br />40.0 % <br />1600 lbs/acre <br />36.0 % <br />1440 lbs/acre. <br />No success standard exists for woody plant density as <br />noted on page 51 of the 1987 Findings Document. A species <br />diversity standard was delineated and is as follows: "The <br />reclaimed vegetation surface shall include at least three <br />herbaceous species with relative cover equal to or greater <br />than 3%, two of which are cool season grasses, and one forb. <br />The combined relative cover of these species should not exceed <br />80%, and no one species should comprise greater than 60%." <br />Sample results. <br />Cover (Table 1). <br />• <br />Total vegetative cover at the combined Bear Mines sites 1 <br />and 2 was sampled at 38.9 %. Of that amount, perennial, <br />non-noxious plant species contributed 37.7 % absolute cover <br />(96.9 % of the total vegetative cover). While 37.7 does not <br />exceed the standard of 40.0 %, it does exceed 90 % of that <br />6 <br />