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09-18-1995 10~42HM FROM SRUAGE RND SRUf;s~E TO <br />464 war Sumae Court <br />Louisville, CoJoxado 80027-7227 <br />September 18, 1995 <br />Savage and Savage <br />prscaal art~o~ns br eattirion~ntel probiwc <br />Land Rcaon+tian and Q~ ~ ~..^^^ Se~vicea <br />Mr. Tony Waldron, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of MiaeraLs and Geology <br />13]3 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Rz~t P16_P. 02 <br />IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />303 6667372 ~elepi»oe <br />303 665808 5icimile <br />Re: Vegetation sampling proposal for Mountain Coal Company, West Elk Mine, LRP II <br />project <br />Dear Tony: <br />Mountain Coal Company has asked Savage and Savage to prepare the baseline vegetation <br />information for a conceptual (at this time) expansion of the Lower Refuse file to the east of <br />it's current location. Based on our meeting of September 12, 1995 and discussions regarding <br />the baseline vegetation sampling r+oquiremrnts and revegetation success requirements, I am <br />proposing the following baseline sampling program for your comment. <br />To briefly recap the project, Mountain Coal Cottipany is considering expanding the current <br />Lower Refuse pile to the east of Sylvester Gulch and the current mine entrance road. The <br />proposed refuse pile would be based at approximately the same elevation and be constructed to <br />approximately the same height as the currently approved pile. The expansion pile would <br />disturb two vegetation communities. The largest vegetation community to be disturbed would <br />be the oakbrush community. As currently conceived, a minor wetland community (0.3 acres) <br />between State FLighway 133 aid the tce of the propose[! pile would be covered. <br />OAKBRUSH COMMUNITY <br />S~tinQ Methods <br />Vegetation sampling will empioy quantitative methods previously accepted by CDMG. <br />Timing of all sampling will be consistent with plant anthesis and/or maximum biomass <br />development, All transacts will be randomly located within the oakbnLStr community. <br />The community will be gridded on a map (1" =200') and sample locations randomly <br />selected through use of random numbers generated by computer aid assigned to the <br />grid. Transacts will be randomly oriented in direction. <br />