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hired to construct a barbed wire fence around the project area to exclude cattle. The area <br />was also over-seeded at the time offence construction. <br />Flume Area Reclamation. Demolition of the flume was accomplished during <br />completion of the Bear Creek Project. Additional stabilization of the headwazd scarp that <br />had formed near the discharge end of the flume was required. Stabilization work <br />conducted as part of the Flume Area Reclamation project included construction of an <br />underdrain system neaz the toe of the former flume outlet, backfilling and grading of the <br />cut slope, topsoil application, seeding, fertilizing and mulching of the area. A bazbed <br />wire fence was constructed around the perimeter of the area to prevent cattle from <br />grazing. <br />This project was accomplished on public lands managed by the U. S. Forest Service. <br />Noxious Weed Control. Noxious weed control work was undertaken to relieve the <br />continuing weed infestation. The work was conducted primazily from the Lamphouse <br />area, easterly along road A through the facilities azea, Old Refuse Pile, and the Sutey <br />Refuse Pile areas. Both public and private properties were impacted during this project. <br />Fall Maintenance. Maintenance focused on construction of additional drainage control <br />work on the roads reclaimed in 2000, and repairs to the Sutey Refuse Disposal Area <br />perimeter drainage ditch. <br />2001 Reclamation Summar <br />Pro'ect Acrea a Reclaimed Current Ownershi <br />Bear Creek Fence 0 Public <br />Flume Area Reclamation 2 Public <br />Noxious Weed Control 0 Public /Private <br />Fall Maintenance 0 Public <br />2002 <br />Uaaer Coal Creek Refuse Pile Reclamation. The Upper Coal Creek Refuse Pile <br />Reclamation project was conducted on a coal refuse pile that, while within the Mid <br />Continent permit area, was exempted from reclamation liability as it was not affected by <br />mining operations after July 1977. This facility was located adjacent to Coal Creek neaz <br />Mine 5. Coal Creek was shifting toward the south, and as a result was beginning to erode <br />the coal refuse. The Inactive Mines Program, using Federal grant money, funded this <br />project. The purpose of the project was to alleviate steep slopes and reduce the potential <br />for a failure of the facility into Coal Creek. Refuse was cut from the north facing slope of <br />the piles, and was hauled to a disposal location constructed approximately two hundred <br />yards south of the creek. Topsoil salvaged during construction of the disposal area was <br />used to cover the remaining coal in the pile, and the refuse placed in the disposal facility. <br />18 <br />