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III. Comments-Comoliance
<br />Below are comments on the inspection The comments Include d,scussion of observations made dunng the mspectan Comments also
<br />descnbe any enforcement adron Laken tlunng the Inspection and the tarts supporLng the enforcement adron
<br />Ihi, was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Binns, uI Colorado Uivi,iun of Reclamation. Mining and Satiry. I Iahit:tl
<br />Manaa:cmcnl wai on silt oullltilint! vcgeto]iun data li)r purposes ul nclamatiun success drtcnnination. fhr ti,cus of the
<br />Ill,pl'l•11a11 ltih 10 ah5l'r\-l' Ih.• \Ygl'Clllon all reclallllyd :Ire:I, :II the Illllr Ut the 111]prr11P11 :Illd berll\' l'OI1Cl'rn 111:11 Ill:!\' 118\'l'
<br />horn rnrountered M fhr s:unpling crew. the mint site \va+ d:unp. •\ rninaonn had passed Through .+ithin the hour
<br />preceding the inslection. Ihr sualplinp crew wa, not collecting data at the tinlr fhr inspeeu)r nlet up \. ith Them. Lightening
<br />in Ihr area had c;unrd fhr crew h, ,rel. ,better
<br />SUlllr gra/Illg had l,rl'llrred OIl Ihr aunt prior to the ,anlpling. L.vidcnce of limited gm/ing mu1 hnm,ing h~ w ildlilc w:~s
<br />evident in Ihr lower rle\ation, ul the mint Isuulhwesl side of the mine, rdati\eh close to I rout Crcrk t. The sampling crew
<br />rcpl,nrd :wing nppn,.\inlately I i brad al•raulr un fhr mine site while aunpling. Sanlc' caulu weer uhernrdju,t ulllhe
<br />rcelainmd area during fhr inspection, \o sheep were oh,ened un fhr mine site during fhr inspection thuuill dle c+mpling
<br />craw rrponrd that scat and other evidence of shop gra/ing was tiumJ in fhr rcclaintrd areas and fhr rrplacemenl
<br />sagebrwh snowtxm rctrrrncc aria.
<br />I he lrgruttion on fhr reclahneJ Mo1Tat pit area lookr<t vin gout and hrahh~ llilh nu sin ul tlranng in fhr r:utenl pnnians
<br />Thal were uhsrned during this inspacuou, A srttlenlcnt crack was noted ran lilt e:utrrn bunion of fhr Motiat pit, put wc,I of
<br />Ihr acres roaJ. I'hr cnlck dlr< nut r\tcnd tar in depth and :how, no siLn o(water tlulving inw n. I hu feature larks old
<br />and ,ruble N'c,l Ridge rechunminn parcel. welt nmdl drier and fhr \rgrt:diun sp;user that that noted in fhr Mutlat pit area.
<br />dun-topsuiled \4cst Rider parcels had .parse cover wish Cicrr nulk\ etch. perrnni:ll gruscs. alfalfa, and huundsUalcue as Ihr
<br />visually dumin;uu ,pecies. Same grn/inp war evident in fhr N'r,t Itidgr parcels bur the graanl! had been \rq limrtrd
<br />1 he Sacrhnl,h~snow hem relrrence art:, wa, ir»pected. fhr hnlshin~ damacr to fhr realer panion of fhr rclrrcncc arr.l i,
<br />r\trnsivr. (iuud regrowth and spruulinc loan fhr snowhem was anted. Knocking down fhr sagrhnuh h;u allowed Ihr ~~nlss
<br />specie. h, recover and rr_•,pund pl,silively. Ihr uprrau,r rcnu,\rd Olis danlagrd portion ullhe reti;rencr area from rompansm
<br />ti>r rrclamatinn ,access determination 1 hr rcti:rencr area has been r~lrndrd to include additional aria to fhr rust of the
<br />original reference aria. Sunlr gra/ing by ,beep wa, noted within this rvrnded area. but gra/ing wa, nut c\ten;i\r. Sums
<br />non-n:nivr ,peciu. Basin w ildrye• anJ smooth hnmlr were noted in Ihr rctcnik•d sagehnlshanuwhrm retircnce aria a, well.
<br />he remuininp, and r\trndrd wlgrhnl,h,,nuwhcrn reference :,era cvhihil nlauu'r drnu sagebrush w ith :t arll rslaMished
<br />perennial grus, and ti,rh underslan
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