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II. 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. begun to germinate and emerge. There are a few small patches of Russian knapweed along the segment on the west side of the river that will need to be treated this fall. Conveyor Corridor 2003 Areas -The remaining segment of the conveyor corridor on the west side of the river from the Xcel road culvert north to Haul Road #3 was reseeded in July 2003. There is good initial establishment of fourwing saltbush along most of the segment, with scattered greasewood seedlings and patches of rubber rabbitbrush. Perennial grass establishment is patchy at this time, and annual weedy species including cheatgrass and annual torbs are abundant. RSRDA Refuse Area -The parcel was seeded in November 2002. The seeding resulted in an extremely dense stand of shrubs and half shrubs, dominated by greasewood, forage kochia and winterfat. Greasewood density alone probably exceeds 10,000 seedlings per acre. Fourwing saltbush and shadscale saltbush are present at lower but significant densities. There is fair to good establishment of cool season grasses; most of the grasses seem to have established within the track-hoe gouges. There is minimal presence of weedy annual species (soil source was subsoil from borrow area, so there would not have been a weedy seedbank). Many of the greasewood plants appear stressed, with low stature and yellowish coloration. It is likely that there will be some die-off associated with the extremely high initial densities. ~ South Fan and 2 West Porta/Areas -These small disturbed areas were seeded in fall 2000 and will be quantitatively sampled by the operator later this year. There is generally good establishment of seeded shrubs, half-shrubs and grasses, with the exception of the steep portal backfill sites at the 2 West Portals. The upper portions of these slopes are largely devoid of vegetation, and mitigative treatment would appear to be warranted. An evaluation of the likely causes of the failure and a plan for mitigative treatment should be submitted in association with the monitoring report to be submitted this year. There was evidence of fairly intensive cattle grazing at the South Fan area, and a high percentage of the grass plants were clipped to ground level. Grasses will as a result likely be under-represented in the sampling this year. Measures should be taken to minimize grazing of the seeded areas, and in years when sampling is scheduled for monitoring, sediment demonstration, or revegetation success bond release demonstration, grazing should at a minimum be deferred until after vegetation sampling has been conducted. Early to mid-June is generally the preferred timeframe for sampling, as warm season species have made significant growth, and cool season species have generally not yet gone dormant. RSRDA Soil Borrow Area -This site was seeded at the same time and with the same seedmix as the RSRDA refuse disposal area (November 20021. Subsoil from the soil borrow area was used as the plant growth medium for the refuse area, whereas the 6" topsoil Payer was scraped off the borrow area and redistributed for reclamation of the