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. 1V/LV/tlJ 1o.1J <br />%~O © D <br />E/ PENT OF r~ <br />m k,, <br />9 <br />• y~HCH f s• <br />Y JVJ IVVLVVO VJU, .. u.V'.I •v <br />iii iiiiiiiiniii iii - <br />sss __ <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior a~c~"a' <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING ~i <br />Reclamation and F~forcement <br />Brooks Tower h, l5 <br />1020 15th Street V <br />Denver, Colondo 80202 <br />UVI <br />September 28, 1993 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />_ F ^' <br />TO: Edzel Pugh <br />Reclamation Specialist, Albuquerque Field Office <br />THROUGH: Stephen F. Manager ~ '~''.'~~~~ <br />Acting Chief, Biological Sciences Branch - <br />FROM: Daylan W. Figqs ~~'~'gY <br />Ecologist, Biological Sciences Branch <br />0 <br />E <br />m <br />E <br />r <br />E <br />w <br />c <br />B <br />c <br />a <br />e <br />SL <br />RE: August 18, 1993 Phase III Inspection Block A; Permit <br />C-81-071 (OSM Permit~CO-0003), Mines 1, 2, and Eckman <br />Park <br />A Phase III release inspection was conducted at Cyprus Yampa <br />Valley Coal Corporation's (CYCC) Mines 1, 2, and Eckman Park. <br />This report discusses potential deficiencies with the area under <br />consideration for Phase III liability release. While the <br />majority. of the report will fo.CUS nn.vegetation_issues.:raiSed,:as..,._ <br />a result of the inspection as well as from review of the release <br />application dated September 3, 1992, other areas of concern will <br />be noted and discussed. The areas of concern include vegetation <br />sampling design, erosion control/monitoring, and the retention of <br />spoil spring liability. <br />I. Vegetation Sampling Design <br />CYCC sampled the six parcel reclamation area as a single 313.3 <br />acre release area for the purpose of demonstrating successful <br />'achievement of Phase III revegetation standards. his <br />combination of area is based on the fact that all ootbining <br />landuse is pastureland and that the vegetation appears to be <br />similar between each parce~ However, as discussed in OSM-WSC's <br />memorandum to the Albuquerque Field .Off ice regarding sampling of <br />discontinuous areas dated May 28, 1993, a demonstration of <br />homogeneity between discontinuous parcels must be demonstrated <br />prior to combining discontinuous.parcbls for the purpose of bond <br />release. CYCC made no such demolstration. A summary of the <br />parcels Considered for release areas follows: <br />OA5-4: 5.4 acre parcel seeded in 1976; <br />OEJ64-8: 64.8 acre parcel seeded with mixture 8 in 1980;;. <br />ODJ97-3: 97.3 acre parcel .seeded. with mixture .3....ia_19.79.;. <br />ROUTIidG~ <br />