Laserfiche WebLink
III. COMMENTS •COMPLIAt•1CE <br />Bek~ware comments on the inapecton. The comments include dbcusaion oFobservationa made <br />during the inspection. Comments abodeacri6e any enforcementactiona talo=_n during the inspection <br />and the facts orevidenee aupporting the enforcementaction. <br />This was a partial inspection conductedby Jarwt Binns of CDMG. Three attempts were marls to <br />contact the landowner, IvIr. A.J. Iuppa, prior to the inspection to arrange gate access. The <br />inspector was unable to reach Mr. Iuppa prior to the inspection. The Mine site was very dry with <br />some of the vegetation drying down already. <br />The access rand to the mine site remains in goad condition. Road ditches appear in good shape. <br />Topsail stockpile faotprint vegetative cover is goad. Silt fence is intact. Na erosion. <br />Undercuttir~ or overtopping of the silt fence was noted. Species comprising the vegetative <br />cover at the topsoil stockpile footprint was dominatedby White sureetclover, Cicer nrilkvetch, <br />Harehound, Prirkly lettuce, field birrdweerl, Scarlet globemsllow, Scarlet guars, Japanese brome, <br />Western wheata~ass, Wheatgmss sp., arul Curlycup gumweed. Although not all of these species <br />are desirable permanent vEgetationa they are common on recently reclairrued sites and are part of <br />the successionelvegetationestablishment. The presence of desirable perenrtial species such as <br />the wheatgrasses, cicer, and Scarlet globerrv3llow are indiceti4~e that the a permanent vegetative <br />make up is becamir~g established. <br />The former office parking area received no topsail. Tloe vzo tation remains thiry loowever Cic er <br />mill;~retch and Sweetela-,+er are taking hold. Sporadic wheatgxasses and other pererurial grasses <br />are noted periodically throughout this location. PtHaving across the reclaimed area tau~ards the <br />Ft,efuse pile Crested wheatgrass, Intermediate wheatgrass, Western wheatgrass, Blu= drama grass, <br />Annual rye, and an occasional Winterfat urere alas rooted. <br />The beckfilled Porta151ope at tk~e tdE portion of the Refuse area did nut receive topsoil. The <br />Division s letter dated 2dovember 15, 1994 stated that the Division will assess the vegetation <br />establishment on the topsoil variance area {Backfilled portal area , eastern partian of the refuse <br />area end portions of yard area comprising 17.1 acres), two years after seeding. The mine area <br />was seeded to the permanent seed mix in the Fall of 1995, thsrefare, the vegetation in the midst <br />of its second grou~ng season. Cicer milkvetch is prevent throughout the slope and the top of the <br />refuse pile. However, cicer is a short-Wed perennial forb and offers little erosion protection after <br />seasonal senescence. VThile the presence end concentration of the Cicer is encouraging and a <br />positive sign that Enery Fuel; maybe able to establish a sustairringveo tativ~e community on <br />the urdopsailed areas, this species currently eiosts as almost a rnorooculture. Sporadic and <br />infrequent wheetgtasses can be seen scattered amid the cicer, but in very low rorocentratians. The <br />extent ofvegetatire cover on the topsoilvariance slopes i$ considerably less than the vegetative <br />cover establishing on the adjacent reclaimed areas receiving even minimal topsoil. <br />Topsoiled refuse area surface and slopes have a more vegetative cover than the topsoil variance <br />area. An irucrease in Swreetclaver, Sunflower, Alfalfa, Horehound, penstemon, Western <br />wheatgrass and Intermediate urheat~ass are seen in the topsoiled areas. Nu grrllying ores seen on <br />the VTest facing refuse area slope adjacent to the pond. <br />