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• Fe°cine <br />Fences were built to ensure the survival of new vegetation and to exclude livestock <br />grazing until stand establishment is ensured. Fences were designed to permit wildlife <br />movement. Fences are constructed with three strand barbed wire with strands <br />approximately 12 inches apart and with the top strand approximately 40 inches above <br />the ground. Fence maintenance during the bonding period will be conducted by Sun <br />Coal Company. Once reclamation is complete and the bond has been released, Sun <br />Coal Company will remove the fences unless the surface owner requests and receives <br />approval for their retention. If fence retention is requested, future maintenance will be <br />assumed by the surface owner. <br />ui ment <br />The following is a list of equipment used in completing the reclamation plan: <br />I each farm tractor with attachments <br />1 each tube and fuel truck <br />5 each CAT 631C scrapers with scarifiers <br />3 each CAT D8H dozers <br />1 each CAT 14G grader <br />1 each Case 580 backhce <br />• 1 each 966 loader <br />Reve¢etation Monitoringand Success Criteria-Reclaimed Mine Area <br />Determination of revegetation success will include the evaluation of total vegetation <br />cover, herbaceous production, and species diversity on the Grassy Creek parcel, and <br />evaluation of total vegetation cover on the Eilts parcel. Woody plant density will not <br />be evaluated on either parcel, as the surface landowners have requested that woody <br />plants not be established on their respective properties. <br />As of 1996, only one reference area will be used for establishment of revegetation <br />success standards for total vegetation wver and herbaceous production. The reference <br />area is a mix of cool season grasses and woody shrubs characteristic of old field <br />successional vegetation communities in the area. The reference area is referred to as <br />the Sage Grass Reference Area and is located approximately one mile west of the <br />reclaimed area. <br />Total vegetation cover will be measured in the reference area and GCCC reclaimed <br />area using quantitative methods acceptable to CDMG. Statistical sample adequacy will <br />be demonstrated. Revegetation on the Grassy Creek Coal parcel will be considered <br />successful when the reclaimed area total vegetation cover is within 90 percent of the <br />total vegetation cover of the reference azea with 90 percent statistical confidence. <br />• Revegetation at the Eilts parcel will be considered successful when the vegetation cover <br />is adequate to control erosion. <br />Technical Revision 20 -334 Revised 6/96 <br />