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ADDENDUM TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION Notice of Violation No. C-95-023 The channel which has been reconstructed is the reclaimed portion of the Pit B area is a straight (no apparent deviation from perpendicular to slope) channel, with a lame section lined with rip rap. The channel runs in a northeast to southwest direction. This channel ends at the uppgradient end of the unreclaimed portion of Pit B. The linear extent of the constructed drunage is approximately 1200 feet. The approved postmining topography, as shown on Exhibit 20-2 to the Seneca II-W Mine permit application, indicates two maJJor drainages will be reconstructed in the B Pit area. Those drainages, 006-NE 1 and 006-NE 2, are to be located in the approximate locations of premising channels. 006-NE 1 should be a meandering channel located in what is currently the open portion of Pit B. 006-NE 2 should run northwest to southeast for approximately 1000', beginning in the upper Pit B, and then meander in a south to southwest direction, through Pit A, existing 006 Gulch, and into Pond 006. The existing reconstructed drainage is not in the approved location of either proposed channel, and permanent reclamation (topsoil redistribution and permanent seed mix application) has occurred. The approved permit application, in Volume 13, Tab 20, pages 8 and 9 states that all major drainages disturbed by rmmng will be reclaimed to the approximate premising configuration. It further states that channels will be reclaimed to establish or restore the natural meandering patterns with stable gradients. The constructed drainage does not meet these criteria. The design for drainages 006-NE 1 and 006-NE 2 is based on a vegetated channel. The application states that methods used to stabilize channels could [emphasis added] include installation of approved [emphasis added] check dams and livestock ponds. erosion control matting, rid raQ, and straw dikes. The Division has not granted approval for the installation of rip rap in either channel, nor has the operator submitted any such proposal.