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~,..- -. <br />III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br />evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />There was only scattered minor rill erosion on reclaimed slope areas of the No.1 and No. 2 <br />mines. In general, the drainage modifications implemented during the 2000 reclamation <br />project appeared to function very successfully, and excessive erosion was prevented. <br />Erosion was limited to the drainage channels, and the erosion that did occur within the <br />channels does not appear to be out of character with the steeply incised ephemeral drainage <br />arroyos that are typical in the bookcliffs. <br />Revegetation <br />As described in previous inspections, establishment of seeded shrubs and grasses on areas <br />of the No. 1 mine bench and the access road which were graded, roughened, and seeded in <br />2000 has been very successful. Older reclaimed areas vary from very successful on lower, <br />relatively level areas, to spotty on steeper slope areas. However, over-all revegetation <br />success is good, with sufficient establishment of desirable species in and adjacent to the <br />less successful areas to allow for an increase in cover with time. One encouraging <br />development noted this inspection is that large numbers of seedling fourwing saltbush <br />plants have germinated this year, in the vicinity of the scattered mature plants on the steep <br />outslope of the No. 1 bench. The established mature plants are the obvious seed source. <br />For the most part, the new seedlings are clustered on the old dozer gouges that were <br />constructed during a DMG reclamation project in the mid 1990's. <br />O <br />