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Hydrologic Balance <br />The only runoff control structures remaining in place on the bond release parcel are ditches next to the <br />Goat Trail road. These ditches divert runoff from the roadway at switchbacks along the road. The <br />ditches were in good repair. <br />Vegetative cover on the Goat Trail road and on the conveyor corridor appears to be preventing rill and gully <br />formation. Hillslopes did not show significant down-cutting from concentrated flow, even on the steeper <br />upper part of the conveyor corridor. No sediment delta or sediment fans were found on the bond release <br />parcel. Live vegetation appears sufficient for controlling erosion. <br />The Division is conducting an in-office evaluation of the RUSLE premining/postmining sediment yield <br />comparison that is in the bond release application. <br />Backfill and Grading <br />Backfilling and grading requirements for the conveyor corridor are set forth on page 3.6-8 of the mining <br />and reclamation permit. These requirements are: <br />a) Removal of accumulated coal fines; <br />b) Reshaping the top of the fill area along the A-conveyor; <br />c) Placing water bars across the slope to reduce runoff velocities. <br />Accumulations of coal fines were not found during the inspection. The uppermost part of the conveyor <br />corridor (former A-conveyor) blends with the surrounding ground and therefore appears to have been <br />reshaped as called for in the reclamation plan. Water bars are present at two of the steepest locations on the <br />conveyor corridor. All backfilling and grading required in the mining and reclamation permit appears to <br />have been completed. <br />Support Facilities <br />Page 3.6-8 of the mining and reclamation permit called for removal of the conveyor belt structures. All <br />structures and debris have been removed from the site. No foundations of structures were found on the <br />site. <br />TOpSOi1 <br />Page 3.6-5 of the permit application explains that the vegetation and topsoil beneath and next to the <br />conveyor belt was not removed during the initial construction of the conveyor in 1951 or in subsequent <br />modifications made up into the 1980s. During this inspection, vegetative cover appears to be protecting <br />topsoil on the conveyor corridor and along the Goat Trail road. <br />4 <br />