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SUPPORT FACILITIES <br />No problems were found in the former lower facilities area next to Oak Creek. <br />REVEGETATION <br />As noted in previous inspections, revegetation is coming along best in the topsoiled azeas of West <br />Ridge where alfalfa, yellow sweet clover, and rabbit brush predominate. The Moffat Area is in about <br />its 8`h yeaz of reclamation. It generally has good cover, although there are patches of sparse cover. The <br />conveyor corridor has a good cover of mainly grasses and forbs. No weed problems were found <br />anywhere on the site. <br />SLIDES AND DAMAGE <br />Slopes appeared stable throughout the site. No slope instability was evident on the hillslope above Oak <br />Creek . We drove up the Goat Trail to check for erosional and slope stability (and vegetative cover). <br />No problems were found. <br />The lower ponds in the String of Pearls apparently were hit by a large storm flow in the past month. <br />(The operator had notified DMG of this by phone a few weeks before this inspection.) The flow carried <br />large riprap boulders less than 50 fl. from the geotextile lining in the spillways of the three lower <br />ponds. During the inspection the operator's representative described the repair plan to replace boulders <br />and add new ones where necessary so the spillways are adequately protected from erosion. Damage <br />from the storm was not evident elsewhere on the site. Apparently the storm was localized in the West <br />Ridge area. <br />Gullies on the lower slopes of the Moffat azea have been graded. The surface has been roughened <br />locally with contour furrows. <br />