Permit to Mine
Appendix 18.1, Wetland Replacement Plan References

Posted January 9, 2018

• 1. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service. NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. November 2013.

• 2. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Forest Service. Final Environmental Impact Statement: NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange. November 2015.

• 3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Laboratory. Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual. Technical Report Y-87-1. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. 1987. (2 MB)

• 4. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. ERDC/EL TR-09-19. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center, Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program. 2009.Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. ERDC/EL TR-09-19. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center, Wetlands Regulatory Assistance Program. 2009. (8 MB)

• 5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Northcentral and Northeast Region (Version 2.0). [ed.] R.W. Lichvar, C.B. Noble, and J.F. Berkowitz Ed. J.S. Wakeley. Vicksburg, MS : U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 2011. ERDC/EL TR-12-1. (8 MB)

• 6. Eggers, S.D. and D.M. Reed. Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin: Second Edition. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. 1997. (4 MB)

• 7. Shaw, S.P. and C.G. Fredine. Wetlands of the United States - Their Extent and their Value to Waterfowl and Other Wildlife. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of the Interior, 1956. p. 67. Circular 39. (38 MB)

• 8. Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, R.T. LaRoe. Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. s.l. : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1979. p. 103. FWS/OBS079/31. (1 MB)

• 9. Barr Engineering Co. RS14 - Wetland Delineation and Wetland Functional Assessment Report (Draft-02). [RS14 - Draft-02]. November 2006. (32 MB)

• 10. Barr Engineering Co. Supplemental Information to the Wetland Delineation Report EIS Report/Study RS-14. Addendum 01. September 2007. (9 MB)

• 11. Barr Engineering Co. Wetland Impacts - Tailings Basin Mitigation Alternative Memorandum. Submitted to USACE and MnDNR. [Memorandum to PolyMet]. Revised June 2, 2008. (4 MB)

• 12. Barr Engineering Co. TB-12 Pipeline Route Habitat/Wetland Analysis for Tailings Basin Alternative. [Memorandum to PolyMet]. July 8, 2009. (1 MB)

• 13. Barr Engineering Co. Helicopter Aerial Review of Mine Site Area and Tailings Basin Area. 2010. (3 MB)

• 14. Barr Engineering Co. NorthMet Project Baseline Wetland Type Evaluation. April 2011. (17 MB)

• 15. Barr Engineering Co. Lined Tailings Basin Alternative - EIS Data Request. Technical Memorandum from Gregg Williams at Barr Engineering Company PolyMet Project File, Project No.23/69-862-006-001. April 8, 2008. (18 MB)

• 16. Incorrect citation. No reference should be cited here.

• 17. Barr Engineering Co. Takings Permit Application - NorthMet Project. October 2017. Please note that reference 17 has been replaced by a revised Takings Permit Application – September 26, 2018 (12 mb)

• 18. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District. St. Paul District Policy for Wetland Compensatory Mitigation in Minnesota. January 2009. (5 MB)

• 19. Barr Engineering Co. Permit to Mine Application. Prepared for Poly Met Mining, Inc. NorthMet Project. December 2017.

• 20. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. NorthMet Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 2009.

• 21. Poly Met Mining Inc. Revised Wetland Permit Application (v2). August 19, 2013. (189 MB)

• 22. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Record of Decision (ROD) In the Matter of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the PolyMet Mining, Inc., NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange, St. Louis County, Minnesota, Pursuant to Minnesota Rules, Parts 4410.0200 to 4410.6500. March 3, 2016. (1 MB)

• 23. Labovitz School of Business and Economics. Employment, Economic and Social Impacts of PolyMet's NorthMet Project and other Industrial Projects of Minnesota's East Range Communities. 2006. (2 MB)

• 24. Bateman Engineering Pty Ltd. PolyMet Mining Corporation NorthMet Project Definitive Feasibility Study. September 2006. (1 MB)

• 25. Saran, Jennifer (PolyMet Mining). Email to Lisa Fay, Bill Johnson, and Irina Comardicea (DNR) re: project description items. October 20, 2014. (.zip, 2 MB)

• 26. Barr Engineering Co. NPDES/SDS Permit Application Volume V - Tailings Basin and Beneficiation Plant for Poly Met Mining, Inc. October 2017. (59 MB)

• 27. Poly Met Mining, Inc. NorthMet Project Geotechnical Data Package Vol 2 - Hydrometallurgical Residue Facility (v6). July 2016. (41 MB)

• 28. Poly Met Mining Inc. NorthMet Project Project Description (v9). March 2015. (22 MB)

• 29. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Forest Service. NorthMet Project underground mining alternative assessment for the NorthMet Mining Project and land exchange Environmental Impact Statement. February 5, 2013. (3 MB)

• 30. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project Final Scoping Decision Document (SDD). October 25, 2005. (1 MB)

• 31. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Ecological Classification System. [Online] 2010. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/index.html. (1 MB)

• 32. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Unofficial conversion for USFS Landtype Phases to NRCS Series or Concepts. Duluth, Minnesota : s.n., Unpublished Report 2005. (1 MB)

• 33. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. PolyMet NorthMet EIS - Wetland Resources IAP Final Summary Memo. July 2011. (1 MB)

• 34. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Biological Assessment for the Proposed NorthMet Project and Land Exchange. April 2015. (41 MB)

• 35. ENSR, International. Winter 2000 Wildlife Survey for the Proposed NorthMet Mine Site, St. Louis County, MN. 2004. (1 MB)

• 36. ENSR. NorthMet Mine Summer 2004 Wildlife Study. (27 MB)

• 37. Foth and Van Dyke. Supplemental Site Specific Resource Information. PolyMet Mining Corporation NorthMet 1999 Exploration Project. Report Prepared for PolyMet Mining. 1999. (1 MB)

• 38. Groh-Johnson, Cindy. Botrychium (Moonwort) Rare Plant Surveys for Polymet Project July 2004. 2004. (12 MB)

• 39. Pomroy, Deborah and Raymond Barnes. 2004 Rare Plant Survey at the PolyMet Mine Site Located in T59N R13W. 2004. (7 MB)

• 40. Walton, Gary. Data Summary: Rare Plant Survey. 2004. (3 MB)

• 41. Barr Engineering Co. Results of Autumn 2007 Field Surveys for Botrychium rugulosum in Proposed Land Exchange Parcels at PolyMet Mine Site. 2007. (4 MB)

• 42. Barr Engineering Co. Results of Sensitive Plant Species Surveys along Dunka Road and Pipeline Route. 2008. (1 MB)

• 43. Barr Engineering Co. Summaries of Sensitive Species Surveys Conducted by MNRI and Additional Sensitive Species Locations from the MNDNR NHIS Database. 2011. (2 MB)

• 44. Barr Engineering Co. Sensitive Plant Species Survey Report: PolyMet Plant Site. October 5, 2017. (7 MB)

• 45. U.S. Forest Service,Superior National Forest; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the NorthMet Mining Project, St. Louis County Minnesota. December 2016. (6 MB)

• 46. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources. Wetland Conservation Act Technical Guidance on "Rare Natural Communities". February 28, 2017. (1 MB)

• 47. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources. Wetland Conservation Act Technical Guidance on "Rare Natural Communities". November 7, 2017. (1 MB)

• 48. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province. s.l. : Ecological Land Classification Program, Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program, St. Paul, MN, 2003. (13 MB)

• 49. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Laurentian Uplands Subsection. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Nature - Ecological Classification System - Laurentian Mixed Forest - North Superior Uplands. [Online] https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212Le/index.html. (1 MB)

• 50. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota Biological Survey - Native Plant Communities. GIS shapefile. The DNR Data Deli. [Online] http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/metadata.html?id=L250000040201. (1 MB)

• 51. Minnesota Geospatial Information Office. Minnesota Geospatial Commons. [Online] 2016. https://gis.data.mn.gov. (1 MB)

• 52. Emmons & Oliver Resources, Inc. Cumulative Effects Analysis on Wildlife Habitat and Travel Corridors in the Mesabi Iron Range and Arrowhead Regions of Minnesota. 2006. (10 MB)

• 53. Barr Engineering Co. Cumulative Effects Analysis of Wildlife Habitat and Threatened and endangered Wildlife Species: Keetac Expansion Project. 2009. (41 MB)

• 54. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District. Application of the Federal Mitigation Rule and St. Paul District Policy Guidance on Compensatory Mitigation - Compensation Ratios for Loss of Wetlands/Aquatic Resources. Draft Memorandum. May 29, 2013. (1 MB)

• 55. Barr Engineering Co. Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Report 2007-2009. March 2010. (15 MB)

• 56. Barr Engineering Co. Wetland Hydrology Study Report 2006 (RS44). [RS44 Draft-02]. November 20, 2006. (21 MB)

• 57. Barr Engineering Co. Preliminary Wetland Hydrology Study Report 2005 (RS44). 2006. (21 MB)

• 58. Barr Engineering Co. Wetland Hydrology Study Plan. June 24, 2005. (3 MB)

• 59. Barr Engineering Co. Addendum to Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Plan. May 13, 2008. (4 MB)

• 60. Barr Engineering Co. Addendum to Wetland Hydrology Study Plan. April : 12, 2010. (1 MB)

• 61. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Technical Standard for Water-Table Monitoring of Potential Wetland Sites. Wetland Regulatory Assistance Program. ERDC TN-WRAP-05-02. June 2005. (2 MB)

• 62. Barr Engineering Co. Potential Indirect Wetland Impact Vegetation Monitoring Plan Memorandum to Steve Eggers (USACE), Colleen Allen (MNDNR). Prepared for Poly Met Mining Inc. NorthMet Project. June 8, 2015. (2 MB)

• xx. Barr Engineering Co. Effect of Spring Mine Lake Restoration Project on Stream Augmentation for Unnamed (Mud Lake) Creek. November 7, 2016. (1 MB)

• xx. Barr Engineering Co. Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Report Summary 2005-2016 v1. February 2017. (90 MB)