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• The Operator will keep on file, for inspection by the Division, records of its weed control <br />activities. The weed control records will document the location where weed control was <br />performed, the type of weed control employed, and the date when the weed control was <br />performed. As part of its annual reclamation report required under Rule 2.04.13, the <br />Operator will summarize its weed control activities for the year and include a map which <br />will show all areas where weed control was performed. <br />Measures for Determining Success of Revegetation <br />Cover measurements on the reclaimed area will be taken along randomly located <br />transects. Point frame will be used to record 50 equally spaced measurements per <br />transect. A minimum of ten transects will be required. Vegetation cover will be recorded <br />by species. First and second hits on vegetation will be used in the calculation of percent <br />cover. Each separate transect would be one sample, with the percent cover value for <br />each sample determined by totaling the first hits on vegetation and dividing by 50. Hits on <br />bare ground, rock and litter will be recorded separately. If sample adequacy is not met <br />with ten transects, additional transects will be located and measured until adequacy is <br />obtained. <br />• Herbaceous production sampling will consist of clipping the herbaceous vegetation in <br />quarter meter plots located along the previously discussed transects. Five plots will be <br />clipped along each transect. A minimum of five transects, the first five randomly selected <br />transects, will be required. If sample adequacy is not met with this minimum number, <br />more randomly located transects will be sampled until adequacy is met. <br />Measurements of woody plant density will consist of counting the number of shrubs with <br />25 randomly located 1 m x 25m, belt transects. <br />Due to the fact that the area adjacent to the Bear No. 3 portal has been previously <br />disturbed, the success criteria of Rule 4.15.10 are applicable. Specifically, the ground <br />cover of living plants shall not be less than can be supported by the best available topsoil <br />and shall be sufficient to control erosion. The more stringent requirements of Rule 4.15.8, <br />which include meeting standards for herbaceous production and species diversity, are <br />applicable to reclaimed areas at the Bear No. 3 that were not disturbed by previous <br />mining operations. <br />MR -32 2.05 -42i 02/10 <br />315/ D <br />