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The water level monitoring system installation in Number 1 Slope was completed on August 23, ] 995. No water was detected. A drainage ditch has been established in the yard area to the south of the portals. On the lower end, the yard ditch ties into the existing collection ditch which routes the surface runoff to Sediment Pond 1 for treatment prior to discharge. Diversion Ditch 1 has been left in place to divert surface runoff around the disturbed area until vegetative cover is established. The culvert across the access road has been removed and a dry crossing constructed in its place to direct water to the sediment pond via the collection ditch. Description of the results achieved as they relate to the approved reclamation plan and the criteria used in the determination: A vegetation survey .vas completed by Savage and Savage, Inc. in June, 2000. The EXECUTIVE SUMMARY is copied below and the vegetation study is attached. "This year (2000) represents the fifth year of the extended liability period for the Eastside Mine. As required by Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) regulations, the coal mining operations must demonstrate that the vegetation established on reclaimed areas of coal mines support the approved post-mining land use and meet the approved success standard for vegetation cover prior to Phase II bond release. Vegetation sampling this year represented the first quantitative sampling of the reclaimed area at the Eastside Mine in preparation for bond release. Results from this year's vegetation sampling at the Eastside Mine revealed that the vegetation of the reclaimed area exceeded the final revegetation success criterion for the mine. Further, the development of the vegetation at the mine shows that the permittee has established a diverse, effective, and permanent vegetative cover of the same seasonal variety as the original vegetation." The mean total vegetation cover value form the reclaimed areas (50.53%) is greater than the revegetation success standard (35.00%). The approved plan specified the removal of mine and coal handling facilities including foundations. This has been accomplished as all mine and coal handling facilities are removed. The foundations and portal areas have either been removed or covered with a minimum of four feet of cover. The plan specified slopes of 30 to 38 percent above the fan portal and on the hillsides sloping into the facility area. The slopes specified in the area in front of the portal to the collection ditch is graded from 8 to 20 percent. The slope from the lower bench down to the sediment pond is designed at 10.6 percent. The regraded areas have slopes that comply with the plan specification or are slightly flatter. The results were obtained by field measurements using inclinometer and by overlaying the "as built" post mining