2008-04-16_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1984067

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Page 1 of 1 Hernandez, Daniel From: Berry, David Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:01 PM To: Hernandez, Daniel Cc: Brown, Sandy; Kaldenbach, Tom; Erickson, Wally Subject: RE: Arness-McGriffin Termination of Jurisdiction Good. Thanks. From: Hernandez, Daniel Sent: Wed 4/16/2008 4:19 PM To: Berry, David Cc: Brown, Sandy; Kaldenbach, Tom; Erickson, Wally Subject: Arness-McGriffin Termination of Jurisdiction Dave - Sandy and I met with OSM (Henry Austin, Christine Belka, Elizabeth Shaeffer, and Howard Strand) this afternoon. One of the topics discussed at the meeting was our proposal to terminate jurisdiction at the Arness- McGriffin site without conducting vegetation sampling. We discussed the site's regulatory history, its reclamation history, its current condition and its heavy use by the public. We provided OSM with an a-mail from DOW stating that maintenance of the Arness-McGriffin access road is DOW's responsibility. We informed OSM that we have used all forfeited bond monies for both the Arness- McGriffin site and the Coal Gulch site. We described our plan to conduct Year Nine and Year Ten sampling at the Coal Gulch site this summer and next. We informed OSM of our belief that the size and condition of the Arness- McGriffin site would likely preclude valid vegetation sampling at that site. We informed OSM of our plans to nevertheless conduct termination of jurisdiction "bond release" inspections for both sites in the fall of 2009 following Year 10 sampling at Coal Gulch. We informed them of our plans to invite whatever surface landowners existed in the summer/fall of 2009 to attend the "bond release" inspections, and of our plans to follow as closely as possible our regulatory procedures for termination ofjurisdiction at permitted sites. After a bit of further discussion, OSM agreed to allow us to proceed with our proposal. 4/17/2008