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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. Revegetation/Reclamation Success, Cont'd North Decline The reclaimed area supports relatively high densities of seeded shrubs, but the herbaceous understory is heavily dominated by cheatgrass. The cheatgrass was sprayed in November 2005 with "Plateau" and "Roundup" herbicides, and this initial treatment appears to have been quite effective. Only scattered small patches of green cheatgrass were evident; most of the fall germinated cheatgrass appears to have been killed. A follow-up herbicide treatment is scheduled for early fall of 2006, with interseeding in November 2006. Soil scarification by spike tooth harrow, or comparable method to provide appropriate soil coverage of seed with minimal disturbance to established vegetation is recommended, in conjunction with the seeding. Noxious Weeds Several apparent patches of noxious weeds were noted during the inspection (identification tentative due to early growth stage and adverse weather conditions). Operator should check these focation~s and implement appropriate controls: • Russian knapweed within the tamarix control area along the conveyor corridor • Russian knapweed outside the rail loop, adjacent to the Pond 2 spillway outlet (near old back- hoe pit) • Whitetop along ditch adjacent to culvert at junction of Xcel ash haul road and CRDA-1 temporary access road • Whitetop on berm behind truck scale-house. Fish and Wildlife There was evidence of relatively heavy use of various reclaimed areas by mule deer; notably the slopes of the RSRDA refuse area and borrow area, and reclaimed areas in the vicinity of the South Fan and 2 West Portals. Fresh bighorn sheep sign was abundant within the North Portal reclaimed area. 6