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With respect to herbaceous forage production, sample adequacy was not achieved on either the <br />Tipple Reference Area or the Tipple Reclamation. Since sample adequacy was not achieved for <br />total herbaceous production with the recommended 30 transects sampled, application of the <br />reverse null statistical approach documents that the total herbaceous production for the Tipple <br />reclamation site, the t,,, values (5.2904) in this reclaimed area exceeds the t values (1.311), and <br />thus, it can be concluded that the total forage production satisfies the revegetation success <br />standard. With respect to shrub density, sample adequacy was achieved on the Tipple <br />Reclamation site, and the average shrub density on this site was found to equal 59.61 plants per <br />100 m2, well above the required standard of 37.06 shrubs per 100 m2 or 1,500 shrubs per acre. <br />Application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that for the shrub density values <br />on the Tipple Reclamation, the t. values (2.0716) in this site exceeds the tt values (1.311), and <br />thus it can be concluded that the shrub density satisfies the revegetation success standard. <br />It is Kerr Coal's opinion, that all of the 2009 revegetation monitoring data confirm that the <br />appropriate Phase III Bond Release criteria for all areas sampled have been satisfied. <br />14