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The pond footprint was to be left in place, with a maintenance free outlet created so that the ponds could dewater without over-topping the embankment. The embankments were to be seeded with an uplands seed mixture, while the perimeter of the pond at or near the water level elevation was planted with seed and transplants appropriate to a wetlands environment. In order to create these maintenance free wetlands areas from the existing sediment ponds, the CMP dewatering devices had to be removed, and a durable, maintenance free dewatering device was to be installed. The cut slopes created as a result of CMP removal, and any other adjacent or incidental disturbances were to be revegetated. The construction sequence followed was identical at each pond, and generally proceeded as described below: - The pond was dewatered if necessary to below the invert elevation of the corrugated metal pipe dewatering device. Any water pumped from a pond was passed through silt fence prior to discharging to a receiving stream. - The corrugated metal pipe dewatering device was excavated from the embankment. - Once exposed, the dewatering devices were lifted from the excavation and placed on a trailer for removal from the site. - Typically, an excavated cut approximately five to six feet deep by five to six feet wide at the base by twenty feet long was created within the embankment at each pond as a result of excavating the dewatering device. The side slopes of the excavation were graded to a 2H:1 V or shallower configuration. The slope of the base of the excavation mirrored the gradient of the base of the corrugated metal pipe dewatering device, prior to its removal, thus the water surface elevation of the pond did not change. - The cut created during excavation of the corrugated metal pipe dewatering device was used as the principle spillway after reclamation was finished. The cut was lined with native rock riprap along the base and partially up the sides. The cut area above the riprap was severely scarified and then seeded. Scarification acts to disrupt surface flows and to promote revegetation potential. - Silt fencing was placed below each excavation following completion of work to inhibit sediment transport from the site unfil vegetation became established. The side slopes of the CMP excavation, as well as the top of the embankment were seeded using an appropriate, upland seed mixture. Wetland species appropriate to site conditions were planted around the margins of each pond. In addition, willows collected from nearby areas were transplanted along the perimeter of any ponds where water availability seemed capable of supporting such species. Evaluation of the portions of the ponds covered by the permit during the 2005 field season indicates that each excavated area is stable and non-erosive. The base and lower portions of the excavated cut slopes are stable as a result of the riprap placed in these locations. No undercutting or by-pass of the riprap was observed. Vegetation has _ ..~.. .~..