2009-05-01_REPORT - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 5/1/2009
• Doc Name: 2008 ARR 2008 Revegetation Evaluation Report
• From: J.E. Stover & Associates
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table 7 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008
Cameo Topsoil Piles
Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling
TransectN% --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 778 9 10 Average Relative
Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover

Iw A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass
N A Cntesion %/um Little Barley 44 37 34 39 31 39 32 32 23 20
11 33.10
1.10 51.64
1.72
Forbs
N A Le idium rfoliatum Clas in Pe Tweed 0 0.7
Sub-shrubs
None 0.00 .00
Shrubs, Cacti & Trees
N P Atriplexcanescens Four-wing Saltbush
N P Sarcobatus vermicu/atus Greasewood 31 24 26 29 21 22 27 38 36
2 38 29.20
0.20 45.55
0.31
Mean
Total Plant Cover 75 61 60 68 52 61 59 70 66 69 64.10
Rock
Litter
Bare ground 5
15
5 8
20
11 2
27
11 5
21
6 4
22
22 9
30
0 9
30
2 6
15
9 9
10
15 2
18
11 5.90
20.80
9.20
Perennial Plant Cover= 29.40 (46% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations
Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 34.70 (54% of Total Plant Cover)
Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover Mean = 64.10 Variance = 44.99
n = 10 t = 1.383 10/90 n.1n = 2.094
Table 8 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008
North Decline Mine Dewatering System
Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling
TranseetNo. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative
Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover

Iw A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass 44 27 10 11 3 1 9 28 35 57 22.50 44.55
N P E/ymuslanceo/atusvar. L Thickspike Wheatgrass 2 1 0.30 0.59
N P E/ymus /anceolatus var. psammophilus Streambank Wheatgrass 4 26 1 3.10 6.14
I A Eremopyrum biliceum Annual Wheatgrass 3 1 1 3 0.80 1.58
N Pw Hilar/ajamesi/ Galleta 1 1 2 0.40 0.79
I P P a bu/bosa Bulbous Bluegrass 4 0.40 0.79
I P Psathyrostachysjunceus Russian Wildrye 4 4 4 1 1.30 2.57
N P Pseudo neria s icata ss . inerme Beardless Bluebunch W. 3 3 2 0.80 1.58

Forbs
Iw A Ha/ogetonglomeratus Halogeton 1 0.10 0.20
N P Iva axillaris Poverty Weed 3 0.30 0.59
I P Kochia mstrata Forage Kochia 1 11 3 1.50 2.97
N P Penstemon /mer/ Palmer Penstemon 14 15 17 4.60 9.11

Sub-shrubs
N P Gutierrezia sarothrae Snakeweed 2 6 0.80 1.58
N P Krascheninn/kovia lanata Winterfat 1 0.10 0.20
Shrubs, Cacti & Trees
N P Abip/excanescens Four wing Saltbush 11 9 32 9 4 10 6 17 2 10.00 19.80
N P Atriplex confertifolia Shadscale 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.60 1.19
N P Sarcobatus vermicu/atus Greasewood 2 4 5 2 2 4 10 2.90 5.74
Mean
Total Plant Cover 69 63 50 68 32 16 32 42 63 70 50.50
Rock 6 2 10 6 37 23 26 22 6 1 13.90
Litter 22 29 18 9 8 8 24 13 9 23 16.30
Bare ground 3 6 22 17 23 53 18 23 22 6 19.30
Perennial Plant Cover= 27.10 (54% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations
Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 23.40 (46% of Total Plant Cover) Mean = 50.50 Variance = 365.39
Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant, over n = 10 t = 1.383 10/90 nmi„ = 27.405
CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page A - 10 Snowcap Coal Co. - 2008
Revegetation Evaluation - Appendix A