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In summary, all ponds aze functioning as designed and there is no evidence suggesting potential <br />• failure at any of the ponds. <br />Livestock W ater Ponds <br />There aze thirteen livestock water ponds distributed throughout the reclaimed azeas (numbered A <br />through M). The ponds serve to collected runoff from snowmelt and rainfall in support of the <br />postmining land use of livestock grazing and associated wildlife use. While livestock aze not <br />currently using the reclaimed areas, herds of elk, deer, rabbits and numerous bird species have been <br />observed using these water resources. Many of the ponds contain water after snowmelt but dry up <br />during mid-summer. The practice of constructing these ponds to opportunistically harvest runoff is <br />consistent with similaz practices employed on local rangelands. <br />No new ponds were constructed in 2000. <br />Pond L received maintenance to provide additional freeboazd between the bottom of the spillway <br />and the top of the embankment. <br />There is no evidence suggesting potential failure at any of these small ponds. <br />• <br />-`1 <br />9 <br />