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reclaimed areas in 211(11) was 46.6°a. Deer halfag:un (172°'0) of th:d required. Vegetation cover ort the reclaimed areas ut 2001 was da:urnentecl as 54.4" i,, nearly twice 119+>"0l of that rcywred. These sampling reports were validated by the visual assessments made during the August 6, 21N12.inspcction. :AVF Agricultural Pnxluctivity One sample point of the vcgct:uion surveys was purposely located in the AV F pumon of the reclaimed conveyor condor. Prcxiuction of the sample taken from the AVF was 73.3 gn+nts per half square meter in 2018) (h times the reyuircd- mtJ 41.6 grams per half square meter l5 times the required) in 21N)l .These sampling rcfxirts were assessed visually during the August 6. 2(Ht2, inspection Iphotugraph). The corridor is indistinguishable. at the time of the Phase III Bond Rclcase inspection, from undisturbed :ueas of the .AVf~. Contribution of Suspended Solids \o infomtation was found in Jocuntcntation that ,would inhibh approval o(the revised Apphcauon. A review of former bond release applications validated that areas for which Phase III BonJ Rrlcasc had hcen requested in this :lpplication had hccn previous!) :+ppro~cd tier Phase I any! Phase II Bond Release:. Thcrc is nu uulication in monthly ('DA4G inspection rc)x,rts or Colorado Dcpartntcnt of Health and Gnvironmcnt (CDPHEI ('olorado Discharge Monitoring Reports ICDh1Rs) that there have txen contribution of total suspended solids to receiving strcaro> .,hh~\ e I1:1i11I .:~ iulltl i:I~~IIa ~`:Iltr monitoring information nxiicaad no recorJ of surface nmotT beutg discharged tiom c~tsung sedimentation ponds to receiving waterways. At the time of the Pharr IIl inspection- them was no runotl; no evidence of pollution of surface water, and no visual evidence of subsurface water pollution from areas reyucsled for Phase III Bond Release via thc:~pplication. "There Jid not appear to be any degradation of vegetation cover described in curlier I'hasc I I t3ond Rclrue Findings, and no erosion tiauucs were noted at the site.'Fhcre was no indication of contributions of suspended solids to rcccivmg strcants fran pemtancnt structures. Thcrc were no indications of future occurrences of pollution. The Ievcl of suspended solids from reclaimed arc:~s w:u demontrtted in 1992 us being Icss than from the reference area. This demonstration was the basis of the Sl.-t14 Phase II hond release. Ground cover is greater than vegetation cover, in that dchns and rocks also provide protection. The ground cover during the 2(10(1 satpling was 91 AO°-o in the reclaimed areas and 74.87°-o in the reference arra, a 16.53"'u difference in favor o(thc rcclauned areas. fhe grounJ cover during the 2001 sampling was 89.28'So in the reclaimed areas and 70.60" o in the rofcrcnce area, an Sl. 05, ('-81-025, March 24.2ou3 Page 17 of 2G Pages