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Pond 1 (large pond, outjall 001) -The pond was dry. The embankment and inslopes were in good <br />condition. The flume was in good repair. <br />Pond 2 (small pond, outfall 002) -The pond was dry. The embankment and inslopes were in good <br />condition. The flume was in good repair. <br />Carbon Junction channel. The reconstructed section of the channel was in good shape with lazge rock <br />riprap in place and the two 5 `/~ -foot diameter culverts extending underneath the haul road. Vegetation <br />debris and sediment has been washed into the channel, but the culverts contained little sediment, indicating <br />no recent significant flow through the culverts. <br />Backfilling and Grading <br />Backfilling, grading, topsoil replacement, and seeding appeared to have been completed in all azeas <br />within the permit area except topsoil stockpiles 4, 7, and 8; the two sediment control ponds (1 and 2); <br />vazious ditches; the two sediment basins that are to be constructed at the base of North Pit in Carbon <br />Junction Canyon (see page 5-6 of the reclamation plan); and vazious boreholes. The base of the North <br />Pit reclaimed slope is contoured to act as a grass filter for trapping sediment in runoff coming off of the <br />slope. <br />Support Facilities <br />No problems were found in the Equipment Storage Area at the south end of the permit area where several <br />large pieces of equipment remain. The equipment includes: 2 hydraulic shovels, l drill rig, l dump truck, <br />4 service trucks, 1 coal dryer, 1 crop disker, 1 automobile, 4 haul trucks, and 12 truck tires. Reclamation <br />liability for the following items cannot be released until the equipment is removed: a) equipment removal <br />and b) backfilling and regrading where the equipment is located. <br />General Mine Plan Compliance <br />No problems were found on the site. <br />Revegetation <br />The azeas that were backfilled, graded, topsoiled, seeded, and mulched in summer 2006 developed a <br />nurse crop of sterile wheat/oat hybrid, a product called Regreen. This nurse crop has since given way to <br />a good cover of wheat grass in the North Pit area. Other grasses and yellow sweet clover aze abundant <br />in other parts of the site. <br />Enough thistle aze beginning to come in at the north end of North Pit to warrant weed control work this <br />year. <br />Slides and Damage <br />Backfill on the northern edge of North Pit remains severely eroded where runoff from the adjacent <br />sandstone outcrop reaches the backfill. This erosion has been noted in previous reports. Drainage is <br />not yet adequately re-established at this location, as the reclaimed slope needs protection from runoff <br />coming off of the sandstone. <br />4 <br />