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2013 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Southfield Mine <br />concerns will be addressed prior to approval of the Final Phase 3 Bond Release Request. <br />T .nn(innt .Cite <br />The DRMS reported that there was a water gate missing from the pond discharge horizontal <br />culvert at Pond L1 at the Loadout site. During late December 2012, EFCI installed and sealed a <br />steel plate in the culvert discharge and cleaned sediment from within the horizontal culvert and at <br />the discharge end of the culvert. <br />Windblown tumble weeds were removed from the vertical standpipe discharge of the pond during <br />the fall of 2013. Also four automobile tires that had been illegally dumped at the east Loadout <br />were removed as well as bottles and cans. Bottles, cans and trash were removed from the west <br />Loadout during 2013. <br />Former Truck Tunnel <br />During 2012, the DRMS had reported some rilling and slight erosion occurring adjacent to the <br />northeast end of the former truck tunnel. EFCI installed a length of siltfence on the referenced <br />embankment, added rip -rap rock at the north end of the retainer wall and interseeded the slope <br />with the approved seed mix. <br />During 2013, straw wattles were installed on the referenced slope and additional interseeding was <br />broadcast on the slope. <br />Conclusion <br />As reported in previous years, numbers of Elk varying from 12 to 60 head continue to frequent <br />and graze the entire mine area and utilize the sediment ponds when water is available. Bear scat <br />and tracks are found frequently during late summer and fall seasons at the site. During 2013, <br />although the earlier, cool season grasses seemed inactive due to the dryness at the time, the heavy <br />rain fall that was received in the area during the August monsoon season revitalized the warm <br />season grasses and other vegetation throughout the respective sites. <br />0 <br />