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sampling for monitoring or bond release purposes, and eligible areas will not be grazed during <br />the growing season prior to sampling. (Application, 1996, Sec 2.05.4, pages 115a and 115b) <br />Vegetation monitoring is described on page 115b (Sec 2.05.4) of the Permit (Application, <br />1996). Revegetated areas of three or more growing seasons are monitored for success <br />standards, cover, and production. <br />Eligible areas are sampled in the last two consecutive growing seasons <br />prior to final bond release, but not earlier than years nine and ten of the extended liability <br />period. <br />3.3.3 Mining Techniques, Directions, Mine Life, Production Rates <br />No further extraction of coal is anticipated at the site. The estimated mine life is through 2010 <br />(Application, 1996, Sec 2.05.4(2), page 117, line 22}. <br />3.3.4 Surface Handling of Coal (crush, screen, wash) <br />There is no surface handling of coal at the site, and none is anticipated. <br />3.3.5 Disposal of Waste <br />There are no coal processing wastes or mine development wastes on site, nor will any be <br />generated by current or anticipated activities, There are some reclamation wastes (Non-Coal <br />Wastes) generated by demolition of facilities. These wastes are placed in the pits between the <br />limits of five (5) feet above the local ground water table and four (4) feet below Approximate <br />Original Contour (AOC). (Application, 2.05.4, page 113, line 41-42) Flyash (a waste <br />generated off-site at a power plant in Golden) is permitted for placement in Pits A and B. <br />Flyash is placed five (5) feet above the re-established local ground water table, and covered <br />with 6 feet of overburden spoil and 2 feet of topsand (Application, 1996, Sec 2.05.4). <br />3.3.6 Other Reclamation <br />All facilities at the site are currently scheduled for removal, with the exception of electrical <br />lines not owned by CEC and a dugout pond. These facilities include the office, shop and <br />warehouse; equipment parking lot; diversion drainage ditches and Sediment Pond 2; sewage <br />treatment facility; all roads; electrical distribution system (to the extent owned by CEC); <br />potable water system; explosive storage facilities, and monitoring wells. (Application, 1996, i <br />Sec 2.05.3, page 106) <br />Pit highwalls will be graded into the pit backfill (Application, 1996, Final Contour and i <br />Drainage Plan). <br />3.3.7 Water Rights and Usage <br />Two wells are permitted on the site (Application, 1996, Sec 2.03.10, page 31). <br />18 18 February 1998 <br />