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seeded, then mulched with an additional one ton per acre of weed free straw mulch. In <br />order to enhance revegetation potential, a four strand barbed wire fence was <br />constructed around the perimeter of the area to exclude grazing cattle. <br />The total cost of the Project was $33,293.50. <br />Grants <br />Funds from all but two grants have been exhausted. The two grants still active are the <br />Coal Basin Watershed Non-Point Source Grant from the Colorado Department of Public <br />Health and Environment, and the Upper Old Refuse Pile Grant from the Office of <br />Surface Mining. <br />Upper Old Refuse Pile Grant <br />This Grant, in the amount of $65,000, was provided by OSM for the purpose of <br />removing coal refuse from the western most portion of the Old Refuse Pile immediately <br />south of the former Warehouse location. In this area, the upper cut bank of Dutch <br />Creek is eroding toward the toe of the Old Refuse Pile. The estimated cost of <br />accomplishing the needed work is $125,000, so a match from other sources is <br />necessary for this work to be undertaken. This property is currently owned by MidCon, <br />LLC. However, it is reported that the property is now available for purchase. A <br />determination as to whether the land owner should be approached for the purpose of <br />partially funding this Project should be made during the next two years. This Grant was <br />extended in 2001, and will expire in 2004. <br />Non-Point Source Grant <br />The main focus of this Grant is to partially fund ongoing monitoring work, and the <br />anticipated 2002 Mine Bench Outslope revegetation work. Sampling points on the <br />outslopes and within the receiving streams are monitored each summer, and an annual <br />report is produced in the Spring of the following year. <br />Monitoring accomplished in 2000 and 2001 indicates that a need exists to make a <br />second attempt at revegetating the outs-opes below Mines 1 and 5, and at the south <br />east facing slope below Mine 3. The U. S. Forest Service has allocated $50,000 to the <br />Division to help defray the expense of accomplishing this Project. The Department of <br />Public Health and Environment has been approached for supplemental 319 funding as <br />well. A supplemental 319 grant application will be submitted to CDPHE in the Spring of <br />2002 for consideration. <br />Permits <br />The Division currently holds two Stormwater permits at the site, one specific to the <br />reclamation of the sediment ponds, and one specific to the reclamation of the facilities <br />area. Annual fees in the amount of about $125.00 are paid yearly, and annual reports <br />are submitted in January of each year. To date, no problems with on-the-ground <br />6 <br />r <br />