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Pitch Reclamation Project Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board — 2016 Annual Reclamation Report <br /> 3. RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES IN 2016 <br /> Reclamation activities were conducted in accordance with applicable conditions in the Radioactive <br /> Materials License (RML) and the Pitch Reclamation Project Procedures Manual. During 2016, primary <br /> maintenance and reclamation activities included regrading of roads to repair seasonal damage to assure <br /> positive drainage and erosion control, removal of pine seedlings on the downstream face of the Sediment <br /> Control Pond embankment, and continued spraying of Canadian Thistle and Scentless Chamomile. The <br /> various reclamation activities conducted in 2016 are summarized in the following subsections. <br /> 3.1 Access Road <br /> Photograph 1 shows the access road, looking west,which required repair and reseeding due to sluffing that <br /> occurred in 2015. <br /> +wv <br /> y <br /> ��� _ ".. �.;s Ili'. III• n f4}yr� '•G, �.�. <br /> 44 <br /> F7xS11+YS7v4 #2 p• fit:y» <br /> f141�'t.' - - d `V'ydM '!,w.""� 'y`.; "'Y£v T Y. ^gyp•,e <br /> •:_ .� .. �,P'• �9+F���'",. die .�+��„ ._ x .• �r' t- <br /> a» y <br /> d ?f 4 <br /> l♦ -,•� _� Y '=C' r` I ' - S' �� �3»;�t »"-` .,.Fiat*i vit�. #``�` <br /> i _ •r <br /> Photograph 1: Access Road Looking West Showing Completion of Sluff Repair and Seeding <br /> 3.2 Pine Seedlings <br /> The pine seedlings planted on the Indian Rock Dump in 2014, which showed growth in 2015 (Photograph <br /> 2), were trampled and pulled up by grazing cattle in 2016 (Photograph 3). <br /> 3 <br />