REP04461

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 10/1/1993
• Doc Name: REFUSE AREA REVEGETATION STUDY-1993
• From: GREYSTONE
• To: WESTERN FUELS - UTAH, INC.
• Permit Index Doc Type: REVEG MONITORING REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
' Project Overview ................................................... 1
Study Plan Design .................................................. 3
Pre-reclamation Investigation ..................................... 3
Test Plot Reclamation Plan ...................................... 4
Post-reclamation Investigation .................................... 8
Communication with Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .......... 8
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' Vegetation Sampling For 1993 ::::::::::: : ::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::::
Methods
Results ....................................................
Revegetation Success Criteria ....................................
Figures
Figure 1 Revegetation Test Plot Locations ...............................
Tables 10
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Table 1 Calculation of Pure Live Seed As Used
for Species Included in This Plan ............................... 6
Table 2 Summary of 1992 Vegetation Cover Data . 12
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Table 3 Summary of 1993 Vegetation Cover Data 13
Table 4 Deserado Mine -Refuse Pile North Slope
Production Data for 1993 .................................... 14
Table 5 Deserado Mine -Refuse Pile South Slope
Production Data for 1993 .................................... 15
' Table 6 Deserado Mine -Refuse Pile North Slope
Total Weight of 1993 Production Plots .......................... 16
Table 7 Deserado Mine -Refuse Pile South Slope
' Tota] Weight of 1993 Production Plots .......................... 17
Table 8 Comparison of 1992/1993 Refuse Area Revegetation Study ........... 20
' Appendices
Appendix I Soil Sampling Data
Appendix II Vegetation Sampling Data
' Appendix III Site Photographs
RECEIVED

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