2011-07-22_REVISION - M1992069 (3)

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compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit mitigation plan and these amendments. Special Condition D reads: "When Phase I mining begins to impact wetlands, the permittee will have one year to complete construction of the temporary mitigation wetlands in the Phase III area. During Phase I mining, a total of 13.6 acres of wetlands will be maintained in the Phase II and Phase III areas (9.6 acres of existing wetlands and 4.0 acres of temporary mitigation wetlands ". Special Condition D has been changed as follows: Area A (approximately 4.9 acres of wetlands) will be constructed immediately by placing fines to groundwater level. Fines will be sloped at approximately 10V :1H for palustrine wetland, 6V:111 for emergent wetland, and 3V:111 for deep, open water shelf. Wetland vegetation will be planted in the Spring 2001. Scirpus americanus, Juncus arcticus, Spartina Pectinata prairie cord - grass, Rumex crispus, Phalaris arundin, Scirpus validus Softsteam Bulrush, Carex aurea Golden sedge, Carex aenea Bronze sedge, Nasturtium officinale water - cress, Limnorchis dilatata white bog- orchid, Caltl :a leptosepala marsh marigold, will be planted in all wetland mitigation areas for this project. Special Condition E reads: "When Phase II mining begins, the permittee has one year to complete the construction of the 7.0 acres of Phase I final mitigation wetlands. During Phase II mining, the permittee will maintain a total of 13.6 acres of wetlands (7.0 acres of final mitigation wetlands in the Phase I area and 6.6 acres of existing and temporary mitigation wetlands in the Phase III area). The total amount of wetlands in the Phase III area may be greater than 6.6 acres, but the permittee is only responsible for 6.6 areas at this location ". Special Condition E has been changed to read: Area B (approximately 8.3 acres of wetlands) wetland mitigation will be constructed immediately after construction of the mitigation area in Area A has received the necessary fines to construct wetland mitigation Area A (approximately two years from May 5, 2000). Wetland mitigation area B will be constructed in the same manner as mitigation Area A. A wetland buffer of open water from housing lots to the wetlands mitigation areas will be a minimum of 100 feet wide. It is anticipated that wetland vegetation will be planted in the spring 2003 for Area B. The projected completion date for Area B wetlands will be approximately May 31, 2004. Special Condition F has been deleted. Special C;nndition G reads: "Upon completion of Phase III mining, the remaining 0.7 acres of final mitigation wetlands will be constructed around the shoreline of the Phase III area. This will create a total of 13.6 acres of mitigation wetlands on the project site. These wetlands must be determined to be viable and self - sustaining by the Corps of Engineers. (The criteria for success is the dominance of native herbaceous wetland species) ". Special Condition G has been changed to read: Area C (approximately 5.7 acres of wetlands) wetland mitigation construction will commence at the completion of the mining activities and removal of the processing plant at this site. Again, sloping will be done and vegetation planted as noted for Areas A and B. It is anticipated that mining will be completed in the year 2008.