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• on these sites is considered successful with respect to the revegetation success standard for plant <br />All of the 2006 revegetation monitoring data as well as the 2005 data confirm that the <br />appropriate Phase III Bond Release criteria for all areas sampled have been satisfied. <br />cover. Since sample adequacy was not achieved for total herbaceous production on the Big <br />Sagebrush Reference Area was not achieved with the recommended 30 transects sampled, <br />application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that the total herbaceous <br />production for the Pre-1986, 1995, and 1996 reclamation sites, exceed the corresponding <br />reference azea standazds, and thus it can be concluded that the total forage production satisfies <br />the revegetation success standard. Since sample adequacy was not achieved for shrub density at <br />the recommended 30 transects for the Pre-1986, 1995 and 1996 reclamation sites, application of <br />the reverse null statistical approach documents that for the shrub density values on these three <br />reclaimed sites, these values for these three reclaimed sites exceed the success standazd value, <br />and thus it can be concluded that the shrub density satisfies the revegetation success standard. <br />These monitoring data confirm that for the parameters of total plant cover, total herbaceous <br />production and shrub density the Phase III Bond Release criteria have been satisfied at the Marc <br />Mine site for the Pre-1986, 1995 and 1996 reclaimed sites. <br />• <br /> <br />16 <br />