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either the Tipple Reference Area or the Tipple Reclamation. Since sample adequacy was not <br />achieved for total herbaceous production with the recommended 30 transects sampled, <br />application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that the total herbaceous <br />production for the Tipple reclamation site, the t values (5.2904) in this reclaimed area exceeds <br />the t values (1.311), and thus, it can be concluded that the total forage production satisfies the <br />revegetation success standard. With respect to shrub density, sample adequacy was achieved on <br />the Tipple Reclamation site, and the average shrub density on this site was found to equal 59.61 <br />plants per 100 m well above the required standard of 37.06 shrubs per 100 m or 1,500 shrubs <br />per acre. Application of the reverse null statistical approach documents that for the shrub <br />density values on the Tipple Reclamation, the t, values (2.0716) in this site exceeds the t, values <br />(1.311), and thus it can be concluded that the shrub density satisfies the revegetation success <br />standard. <br />With respect to forage quality, the index value associated with the Tipple Reclamation area was <br />found to equal 310.33 as compared with a corresponding value of 210.18 for the Tipple <br />Reference Area. Thus it can be concluded that for this site, the Permit forage quality index value <br />has been satisfied on the reclaimed area. <br />It is HVIE's and Kerr Coal's opinion, that all of the 2009 revegetation monitoring data confirm <br />that the appropriate Phase III Bond Release criteria for all areas sampled in 2009 have been <br />satisfied. <br />13 <br />