REV01066

• Permit No: C1980006
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/3/1989
• Doc Name: MARR RECLAMATION REVISION REVEGETATION ISSUES
• From: MLRD
• To: MATT HAYES
• Type & Sequence: PR1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLOl~UU
Roy Romer, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
FRED R. BANTA, Dlreetor
DATE: November 3, 1989
T0: Cathy Begej
FROM: Matt Hayes ~ ~ ,/~
RE: Marr Reclamation Revision - Revegetation Issues
The following issues need to be addressed by Kerr Coal. Several of these issues
were discussed in the October 13, 1989 meeting with Kerr Coal and are stated here
in more detail or are restated to ensure that they are not overlooked. Reference
is made to the Division's Guidelines for Compliance with Land Use and Vegetation
Requirements of the Colora o 1ne an ec ama on oar or oa mina. 1s
pu-6Ticatlon was sent to cog operators aroun t e state in Novem er and is
available through our office.
Pre-mine Vegetation Types
The revised permit application contains a rewritten "Section 2.04.10 - Vegetation
Information." The Division requires that Kerr Coal clarify the following issues
regarding this part of the application:
1. A comparison of revised charts delineating cover and production for
vegetation types with their old counterparts revealed consistent
differences. Please explain why the present charts, even for vegetation
communities which have not been changed, do not exactly correlate.
Kerr Coal has deleted the charts which describe the vegetation component
of reference areas. Please insert this information into the permit
application.
Please discuss the decisions to combine four of the originally delineated
major vegetation communities into two. Please include a discussion which
addresses in greater detail how those proposed changes will affect the
presently approved re vegetation plan. Include a comparison of communities
to be combined with respect to important regulatory parameters such as
herbaceous productivity and total vegetation cover. Finally, Kerr Coal
should describe how cover and productivity values were calculated for new
combined vegetation communities.
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