REP02859

• Permit No: C1980006
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 12/16/1998
• Doc Name: KERR COAL CO MARR MINE VEGETATION SAMPLING FOR INTERIM MONITORING AND BOND RELEASE TABLE CONTENTS
• Permit Index Doc Type: REVEG MONITORING REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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KERR COAL COMPANY
MARR MINE RECr~Uc~
VEGETATION SAMPLING ;',_(; 1 6 1S"3
' FOR INTERIM MONITORING AND BOND RELEASE
f Minerals & Geology
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........ 1
SCOPE OF WORK..... ................................................................................ .................. ..1
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METHODS ..................... ................................................................................................... ..2
Locations :.................... ................................................................................................... .. 2
Cover :................................................................................................................................... ..2
Produdion :............................................................................................................................ ..3
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Shrub Density :....................................................................................................................... ..3
Statistical Analyses :............................................................................................................... ..3
Noxious Weeds :..................................................................................................................... ..4
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SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................... ............. ..4
RESULTS ................................................................................................................ ............. ..5
Cover :............................. ..................................... ..5
Alkali Sagebrush Reference Area :...................................................................................... ..5
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Big sagebrush Reference Area :.......................................................................................... ..5
Reclaimed Area :................................................................................................................. ..6
Produdion :........................................................................................................................... ..6
Alkali Sagebrush Reference Area :...................................................................................... ..6
Big Sagebrush Reference Area :......................................................................................... ..6
Reclaimed Area :................................................................................................................. ..6
Shrub Density :....................................................................................................................... ..7
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Sample Adequacy :................................................................................................................. ..7
SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ .. 8
Cover :.................................................................................................................................... ..8
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Production :............................................................................................................................ .. 9
Shrub Density :....................................................................................................................... ..9
Noxious Weeds :..................................................................................................................... 10
' Sample Adequacy :................................................................................................................. 10
APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................................... 11
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE 1996 VEGETATION STUDY ...................................... 12
APPENDIX B ........................................................................................................................... 19
COVER .................................................................................................................................. 20
Table 1 -Kerr Coal Company Mart Mine Alkali Sagebrush Reference Area Cover Sample
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Data, 1996 .......................................................................................................................... 21
Table 2 -Kerr Coal Company Marr Mine Big Sagebrush Reference Area Cover Sample
Data, 1996 .......................................................................................................................... 22
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Table 3 - Kert Coal Company Mart Mine Reclaimed Area Cover Sample Data, 1996......... 23
PRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 24
Table 4: Kert Coal Company Alkali Sagebrush Reference Area Production, 1996 .............. 25