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January 30, 2002 <br />New Elk Mine 2000 ARR <br />~ Locnlrorr, nun7ber of acres an~f dote of plcrntrngfor crll previous/y ruvegetated areas. <br />Although, Picketwire Processing, Inc.'s cover letter for the 2000 ARR states,'` Several small areas <br />of disturbance have been reclaimed over [he past 20 years...", the 2000 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Form indicates the "0 acres" have been "seeded/planted for last 10 years or more". Table 1, <br />included with the 2000 A RR, describes the areas, year of seeding, and number of acres of each <br />parcel. The total scres seeded prior to 2000 is 1 1.57 acres. Please note that in ARR Table 1, the <br />1999 seeded acreage has not been added to [he total. Please revised the report to accurately depict <br />the number of acres seeded previous to 2000. Table 1 does a nice job of providing the date and <br />acres of planting but needs to be corrected to reflect the appropriate total. <br />Please ask [he operator to clarify work performed by year of completion. Should any seeding occur <br />during a given year, PPI needs to include an accurate list of thz seed mixes planted. Yearly weed control <br />activities, reseeding or inter-seeding, artd erosion feature repairs need to he defined. Please have the <br />operator provide the missing detail in accordance with Rule 2.OA. 13(1). <br />M:\coal\jltb\C81012 2000 ARR.doc <br />C:/jhb/team/New F.Ik/2000 ARR.doc <br />