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FUNDING: <br />Colorado Watershed Protection Funds Requested: $29,965 <br />DMG (In-kind services and mineral severance taxes) $84,000 <br />Southwestern Water Conservation District $21,600 <br />Available NPS 319 Match $163,500 <br />TOTAL PROJECT COST <br />$299,065 <br />SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: <br />As indicated above this project was accomplished by a collaboration of funding sources <br />and interested stakeholders. Funds from CWPF were primarily used to accomplish tasks <br />1, 2, 3, 6, and a small part of task 7. It took a good deal of requests of landowners to <br />obtain permission to remediate the three Kansas City group of nurse sites. These sites <br />were considered to be of high priority for remediation by the Animas River Stakeholders <br />Group (ARSG) and the BLM who owned the majority of one of the sites. All sites <br />involved mixed ownership which complicated matters. <br />Bid specifications were developed by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(DMG) with assistance and overview provided by ARSG. Competitive bidding was <br />accomplished by the State's Purchasing Department. The low bidder was selected and <br />agreed to begin the project in July of 2006. The project consisted of implementing <br />Best Management Practices (BMP's) on mine sites known as Kansas City #l, #2, and #3. <br />Mine wastes at all three sites were consolidated, buried to some extent, neutralized with <br />limestone and/or bottom ash. One portion of Kansas City #1 was covered with 6" of <br />bottom ash, nuxed, another lift of bottom ash and finally covered with talus from a <br />nearby source. The feature is to resemble an actual mine waste pile satisfying a historical <br />preservation aspect of the project. The bottom ash was designed to form a cemented <br />layer that would repel surface water from entering the mine wastes. The remaining <br />consolidated wastes from Kansas City # 1, 2, and 3 were neutralized with limestone <br />and/or bottom ash and top soiled from soils scavenged from the site. Since most of the <br />top soil was from under or adjacent existing waste piles the soil was neutralized using <br />limestone. <br />All disturbed areas, except for the newly created mine waste pile with a talus covering, <br />were seeded using native vegetation seeds and mulched with weed free straw. The <br />project took longer than anticipated due to a small contractor work force but the work <br />was done in a professional maiuler. Vegetation is not expected to germinate until June of <br />2007. <br />Final accounting for the constn~ction aspect of this project has not yet been forwarded <br />from DMG but it will be within budget. Site moiutoring, maintenance, and photo- <br />