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Below are comments on the inspscNon. Ths comments tncluds discussion of ob:ervation: made during the in:pechon. Commenh also describe any enforcement actions taken during the tnspecflon and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement ccHon. This was a partial inspaxion oondtictod by Janet Birma of CDMG. The mine was a aurtsca mine that has bean seclsimed 1be operator bas srheduled vegemtion sampling for bond nalesse appdicaticn puipoaea. The Focus of this inspection was to obaerw hood release dam oollecticn and vegemtian condition at the t®e c£dam collection. Chndr 1?larien at?Greystone Consulmots met the inspector m sine. Ssmpltng had begun on July 22, 1999, at the reclamation urea. Chuc]c arplaroed that crnbr and production asoepliog had hem omdrwmd to adequacy an the mR+rmoe area. lbws is >n woody plant density sequirammt on this situ a woody plant density dam was rot collecmd Cable was in the tdaanoe area when Gteystone arrived in candr>ct sampling. Tlris area has not hem fanned to eaeclude atlle. Reclaimed area has not tsoeived managed grerjag this year Unmsoeged grazing an the reclaimed area has oaaured an aocasicn this year. Duration of grazing and mnnbar of animals is mlmown. A desaiptim atFG,eystone's proposed semplmg plan was submitted to the Divisim m June 21, 1999. The ~8 protocol was oooeistaot with data cotlectian omductd by the same company in June 1998. Two esoeptians: 1) The transeet laogth has hem redooed from SO M m 25 M lrvo point will be collected a S5 meter m either side aFfhe transact tape eVay 1 M interval for a bowl ad50 dam poiais m each transact This methodology ranaim caorisbmt between the refaance area std reclaimed area. This d',mige is acoepmbla 2) In 1998 productivity dam was not sampled to adequacy due m a high variance of productivity between the plom. To 1998 anty one poductivity quadrat was oollacded far each Dover transact. 1999 dam will collect 3 predtrtdivity quadrats bar eac]n Dover transact Productivity quadram are collected along the lets side of the traasect tape at the start point, 9 M, and 18 M. Productivity quadrat oansism of a 54 M~. 1?lams rooted wAhin the quadrat ate clipped as in the plot, while pmts rooted outside the plat yet eatendmg into the aerial projection of the plot world not be counted ee in the quadrat Only the crareot years herbsoears vegemticn is Doomed toward productim Planet are divided iron lifelhrm Sor poductiviry meeauremeot Adaptacy is calculated on wet weight in the field then verified on dry weiglu. Cover transact locxdare was detammed prig to Geld sampling uaiug a grid oovaing the mapped assessment one, then u~g a random mmiba generator ro demrmine the tamed start poinm. Transact orieomdan was determined prior field es®pling by random mrmber gmaatioa Transecm was than locatd in the field by pacing from . Site oaoditian at time of ssmpiigg was dry. Caasea ero seedigg and many speciaa are begmniug to dry down. (iraashopper mSesmtim was high. Farb species dnougbotrt site was heavily oaten by grasshoppers. Rabbrtbrtuh obeavad thtaighorrt the site was almost devoid of leaves due to ooosu~tion by ia9ecm. Reclaimed area has a manber of arses with vieuaIIy thimer vegemtivs Dover. l~vo areas lay immediately asst and immediately wad of the patch of trees. Nlo traneecm as shown an Figure 2 arrbmime~d tiJll/99 with Crteyatme's samptiog propped 6el1 within these thin locxtiom. These two erase appear ro have hem pevioasly trampled by cattle. Species noted in thin area include bested wheefgrasa, Smooth brume, Russian wildrye, and side Data grams. Mina site is dry. The srarormdirtg ones has hem mordving atbermm dnmdarsrorms but storms tend m be isolated. ]!io evidence of tenant precipitation m the penmt area was noted. The inspector met up with the sear es they was finishing oollaxian of Tranaxt tnnobar 13. Cover dam is beitrg collacmd using an optical po®t flame and idetttifyiog plants to speiaes level