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The boundaries for the communities were taken from Exhibit K-1 of <br />i the existing permit, site verifications and photographs of the <br />area. Planimetering the original vegetative communities in the <br />reclaimed areas from Exhibit M-1B yields the following: <br />N#1 Mine Meadow Original Area: 1.30 acres. Of this original amount, <br />almost all of this area was restored as the access road, storage <br />building, storage building access road and re-established drainage <br />channel at the request of the landowner. See Exhibit M-1B. Since <br />revegetation cannot be counted for this area, it must be removed <br />from the area for which the revegetation standard applies. <br />N#1 Mine Mountain Shrub Original Area: 9.03 acres. <br />N#i Mine Big Sage Original Area: 1.11 acres <br />The weighted average is derived for the percent cover of the <br />original communities for those lands to be reclaimed to the <br />vegetation standards. Al l acreages were de termined from the <br />detailed survey data of Exhibit M-3 and Exhibit M-1B. The disturbed <br />area acreages were determined by surveying by Peter Epp and <br />Associates, professional land surveyors of Denver, Colorado. All <br />acreages are shown on each map of Exhibit M-3. The weighted average <br />is derived below: <br />Area Acres Orig. Veg. Cover Weighted Average <br />Rienau #2 Mine 5.03 65.1 (mtn shrub) 327.45 <br />Rienau ponds 1.40 65.2 (big sage) 91.28 <br />Refuse area 4.08 65.2 (big sage) 266.02 <br />N#1 topsoil area 1.63 65.1 (mtn shrub) 106.11 <br />N#1 mine (big sage) 1.11 65.2 (big sage) 72.37 <br />N#1 mine (mtn shrub) 9.03 <br />-- 65.1 (mtn shrub) 587.85 <br />------------ <br />Total: 22.28 --------------- ------ -------------------- <br />Total: 1451.08 <br />Weighted average cover, all areas combined = 1451.08/22.28 = 65.13 <br />A?- IaN - R <br />g??9y