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PEABODY COAL COMPANY ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION IOl76 EAST HARVARD AVENUE SUITE 400 DENVER. COLORADO B03l1 l30l1 ]97~OB0! December 21, 1984 Ms. Anne C. Baldrige Geologist/Hydrologist Mined Land Reclamation Division 423 Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Anne: RE: Stipulation to Wadge Area Topsoil Revision (Technical Revision H6) As part of the approval for Peabody's Wadge Area Topsoil Revision submittal, • a stipulation was attached which required Peabody to report the progress and evaluate the results of a brush blade utilized for woody plant removal by December 15, 1984. The approval for this revision and the attached stipu- lation were issued by letter from CMLR on August 14, 1984. During the months of August and September, a search was made fora brush blade attachment that might be leased or rented for use with Peabody's dozer equipment at the Seneca II mine. Efforts were coordinated between the Seneca II mine and Peabody's Denver Division office. It was determined that renting or leasing a brush blade would be the better alternative to purchasing a costly piece of equipment that might result in minimal im- provements in terms of efficient brush removal. In addition, this type of equipment would be quite difficult to sell if it did not prove to be effective. Contacts that I made from Peabody's Denver office included the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Craig, the U.S. Forest Service (USES) in Steamboat Springs and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in Steamboat Springs. The District Conservationist with the SCS contacted several cooperators in the local Soil Conservation District who had knowledge of or owned a brush blade attachment. Unfortunately, either the contacts did not have access to a blade or their equipment was incompatible with the Seneca II mine equipment. The USES and BLM use different types of equipment (i.e., brush beaters or chaining equipment) for brush removal so this avenue was also a dead-end.