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• The vegetation cover value for the Center Ridge azea was 77.6%. Undesirable plant <br />species contributed 0.8% to the cover value. Appendix C provides the vegetation <br />sampling data collected during July, 1997. The vegetation sampling was performed <br />in accordance with the Guideline Reeazding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues, <br />CDMG (April 18, 1995). <br />South-of--Shop -South-of--Shop was mined and initially reclaimed under the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Act (CMLRA, effective July 1,1976) Regulations (effective <br />May, 1977). This azea was covered under the Life-of--Mine bond, Surety Bond No. <br />U80 61 57-28. The entire area had achieved bond release for Phase I, II, and a partial <br />release for Phase III. A gully along the lower portion of the mine area required <br />remedial action prior to complete Phase III bond release. <br />During 1984, a portion of the azea experienced a land slide. As a result, 10.5 acres <br />were reinitialized under full bond to enswe completion of the required remediation. <br />• Final remedial activity was completed in 1988. Remedial activities included topsoil <br />salvage along the uppermost scarp, regrading of the uppermost scarp to a more stable <br />slope, redistributing the salvaged topsoil along the regraded slope and seeding the <br />redistwbed area with the seed mix approved at that time. Since the grading activities <br />associated with this azea were remedial in nature and the area consisted of pre- <br />SMCRA lands, the resulting land form was mutually agreed to by P&M and the <br />CDMG as appropriate for the post-mining land use. Therefore, no proposed nor <br />actual slope profiles or cross-sections aze provided in this submittal. <br />One concentrated flow featwe exists on the azea approximately one-third of the <br />distance across the azea from the northern side. This featwe has been monitored for <br />stability since the spring of 1992. A total of five tansects were established for <br />monitoring purposes. Transects 1, 2, 3, and 4 were within the boundaries of the <br />remedial action area while Transects 5 was outside and downslope of the remedial <br />• action azea. Results of the monitoring efforts aze provided in Appendix D. A review <br />