REV01171

• Permit No: C1981026
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/4/1998
• Doc Name: REQUEST FOR PHASE III BOND RELEASE AT SLURCO CORP CANADIAN STRIP MINE
• Type & Sequence: SL5
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION .................................................1
EVALUATION OF RECLAMATION SUCCESS FOR
PHASE III BOND RELEASE .................... ................6
MANAGEMENT ............................ ................6
POST-MINING LAND USE ..................... ................6
REVEGETATION SUCCESS .................... ................9
SURFACE AND GROUND WATER ............... ................9
Figures
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure A-1
Figure A-2
Figure A-3
Figure A-4
Tables General Location Map ..................................
Annual Maintenance ...................................
1998 Reclaimed Area Transect Locatioins .....................
1997 Reclaimed Area Transect Locations .....................
Big Sagebrush Reference Area 1998 Transect Locations ............
Big Sagebrush Reference Area 1997 Transect Locations ............ ... 2
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. A-4
. A-5
. A-6
. A-7
Table 1 Bond Release Application Requirements ...................... ... 4
Table A-1 Summary of Sample Adequacy Calculations .................... . A-8
Table A-2 Summary of Cover Data for the Phase I, II, and III and Phase IV
Reclaimed Areas ..................................... . A-9
Table A-3 Summary of Sample Adequacy Calculations .................... A-11
Table A-4 Summary of Cover Data for the Phase I, II, and III Reclaimed Areas ... A-12
Table A-5 Summary of Production Sampling Canadian Strip Mine - 1998 One
Square Meter Quadrants ................................ A-14
Table A-6 Summary of Production Sampling Canadian Strip Mine - 1997 One
Square Meter Quadrants ................................ A-15
Table A-7 Canandian Strip Mine 1998 Reclamation Success Shrub Density EstimationA-17
Table A-8 Canadian Strip Mine 1997 Reclamation Success Shrub Density Estimation A-18
Table A-9 Surntnary of Relative Cover Values ......................... A-19
Table A-10 Summary of Relative Cover Values ......................... A-21
Table A-11 Canadian Strip Mine Reclaimed Area -Phases I, II, and III 1998
Vegetation Cover Data ................................. A-23
Table A-12 Canadian Strip Mine Reclaimed Area -Phases IV 1998 Vegetation
Cover Data ......................................... A-24
Table A-13 Canadian Strip Mine Reclaimed Area -Phases I, II, and III 1998
Production Data ...............::..................... A-25
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