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postmining land use is undeveloped rangeland (PAP page 115). <br />State and Federal Water Quality Standard Requirements <br />Applicable water quality standazds aze contained in the CDPHE Certification Authorization to <br />Discharge Under the CDPS Industrial General Permit for Coal Mining Facilities, Permit No. COG- <br />850000 Facility Number COG-850019. See the comparison of State water quality standard <br />requirements with dischazge information under Observations and Findings below. <br />III.OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS <br />Topsoil Replacement <br />On-site materials were detertnined to be suitable for a growth medium (PAP page 92) Eastside Coal <br />Company did fertility testing on the best available material to use as a top dressing. Eastside Coal <br />Company utilized this material as plant growth media and applied the recommended fertilizer at the <br />time of seeding, <br />Establishment of Vegetation <br />The seed mix and seeding rate utilized on the Eastside Mine reclaimed area is included in the bond <br />release application in Table No. 1. The backfilled and graded areas had been seeded by 11/] 5/95 <br />[Division Inspection Report of 11/15/95, Annua] Reclamation Report (ARR) - 1995]. The <br />Application included results of vegetation surveys conducted between June 20 and 21, 2000 (2000 <br />Quantitative Vegetation Study Phase II Bond Release Eastside Coal Company Eastside Mine Silt, <br />Colorado, June 2000, by Savage and Savage, Inc.)(Study). The study included data collected to <br />sample adequacy. This study demonstrated that the mean total vegetation cover of the reclaimed azeas <br />was 50.53% (exceeded the 35%o success criteria). No statistical analyses needs to be performed on the <br />data. A conclusion of the study was: <br />"The quantitative vegetative cover and species composition data indicate that the operator has <br />established a diverse, effective, and permanent vegetative cover of the same seasonal vaziety as the <br />original vegetation. The revegetated azea is capable of self-regeneration and plant succession. The <br />data shows development of a stable, self-sustaining vegetation community, with seasonality and <br />diversity sufficient to demonstrate successful reestablishment of vegetation on the reclaimed area for <br />the purposes of Phase II bond release." <br />The Division inspection {May 29, 2001) of the site was conducted to evaluate [see Rule 3.03.2(2)] the <br />reclamation operations alleged to have been completed, the degree of difficulty to complete remaining <br />reclamation, pollution of surface or subsurface water, and the probability of future occurrence of such <br />pollution. No adequacy questions were raised as a result of the onsite inspection. <br />The Division found all (less sediment control and permanent structures) disturbed surface azeas of the <br />Phase II Bond Release (SL-02), Eastside Coa] Mine <br />15 August 2001 <br />Page 6 of 10 Pages <br />