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• total relative cover and sampling of this site again in 1997, wherein sample adequacy was <br />achieved, documented that the two dominant warm season species contributed only 26.4 percent <br />of the total relative cover of this site. <br />Sampling of the proposed Northfield Mine Area in 1990, wherein sample adequacy was <br />achieved, located approximately one mile west of the Loadout Site documented similaz patterns <br />for a grassland area For the Proposed Mine Facilities Area, the two dominant warm season <br />species contributed only 47.46 percent of the total relative cover and for the Reference Area the <br />two dominant warm season species contributed only 45.61 percent of the total relative plant <br />cover on this site. <br />These seven quantitative vegetation sampling efforts conducted either on or immediately <br />adjacent to the Southfield Reclamation azeas cleazly document that the warm season grass <br />revegetation success standard is so high that virtually none of the undisturbed azeas adjacent to <br />these reclamation areas would every satisfy this species diversity revegetation success standazd. <br />This interim revegetation monitoring plan documents that the existing Pemut revegetation <br />success standards with respect to woody plant density for the mine portal azea and the warm <br />season species diversity standard are impossible to achieve and under a separate cover IME will <br />make recommendations to EFCI to submit a Minor Revision to modify these revegetation <br />success standazds. <br />• <br /> <br />to <br />