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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />to; f im Bumcll <br />from: Janet Binns <br />subject: hlarr Mi e Ycar 9 ea .ling <br />date: 6/15/200 <br />cr. Sandy Brown <br />Sandy called me from the field this morning and asked me to reply to Kent Crofts of IME regazding the <br />vegetation sampling plan for the Man Mine (permit C 1980-006). I took a very fast look through the 2005 Man <br />vegetation sampling report, received May 1, 2006. The plan itself looks fine and looks to be in agreement with <br />standard sampling procedures. <br />I did note that IME sampled the reclamation areas for cover and productivity at an earlier time than they <br />sampled the reference areas. The reference areas were not sampled until August and September, while <br />reclaimed azeas were sampled in eazly July and Mid-August. I spoke with Kent Crofts on the phone on June 15, <br />2006. I mentioned the disparity in sample timing between the reference areas and the reclaimed areas. He said <br />that something critical had happened in his schedule last year and he completed the sampling schedule as soon <br />as he was able. He plans to sample the reclaimed and reference areas as close together as possible this year. He <br />also stated that by sampling the reclaimed azeas earlier, it actually gives the reference areas additional <br />production time so if anything skews the data to favor the reference areas. <br />I did tell him that sampling plan looks OK but to sample the reference areas and reclaimed areas as close <br />together as possible. <br />