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Division notes that Pasture Sage was substituted for an equal amount of Small <br />Burnett and Saskatoon Serviceberry was substituted with an equal amount of <br />Douglas Rabbitbrush, as detailed in Table 2.05-8. One difference with the <br />changing of the Serviceberry with the Rabbitbrush is that the amount of seed <br />used was decreased from 1.69 pounds/acre to 0.01 pounds/acre. This was due <br />to the number of seeds per pound (25,800 seeds/pound for Serviceberry vs. <br />782,000 seeds/acre for Rabbitbrush). With the above change, the seeds/acre <br />rate remains roughly the same as that listed in the approved Colowyo seed <br />mix shown in Figure 3-1. This is at least the third year that these two species <br />were substituted. Please provide the Division with a reason for this <br />continued substitution in the Colowyo seed mix. <br />3. The Division has no questions regarding Section 5 of the Annual Reclamation <br />Report - 2007 Annual Report Map. The map, Exhibit 5A, is very well done <br />and contains all of the information and detail needed. <br />4. The Division has no questions regarding Section 6 of the Annual Reclamation <br />Report - 2007 Annual Report Cross Sections. The cross sections, Exhibit 6A, <br />Sheets 1 and 2, are very well done and contain all of the information and <br />detail needed. <br />5. Section 7 of the 2007 Annual Reclamation Report contains information <br />regarding the quarterly inspections for the West Pit excess spoil fill piles. <br />Inspection requirements for the Streeter and Section 16 excess spoil fills were <br />discontinued in the third quarter of 2006 with the approval of Technical <br />Revision 64. The Division received all of the West Pit excess spoil fill <br />inspection reports as required. This section of the ARR also included survey <br />monument reports and survey monument report graphs for the West Pit excess <br />spoil fill. <br />The West Pit excess spoil fill information is located in Exhibits 7-1- 7-3. <br />The lower portions of the West Pit fill have been reclaimed. One reclamation <br />block, WP002, has undergone a Phase II Bond Release approved by the <br />Division on 15 August 2001. The upper portion of the fill was used as a <br />temporary stockpile and the upper 75 feet of the pile (also known as Hink's <br />Peak) will be removed and used for reclamation in the West Pit. The fill was <br />inspected quarterly on 19 March 2007, 25 May 2007, 8 August 2007 and 19 <br />October 2007, as required. The West Pit fill has been monitored from 30 <br />August 1998 to the present. A review of the survey monument reports and <br />graphs shows that the West Pit fill has settled from 0.97 feet to 5.64 feet. This <br />settling has been steady and consistent over the survey period for all eight <br />survey monuments and appears to be leveling off. The Division inspects the <br />West Pit fill as an ongoing part of its monthly inspection requirement and at <br />present the Division has no concerns regarding the West Pit fill.