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Revegetation <br /> Observation of the vegetation throughout the bond release blocks found that the vegetation was only <br /> beginning to green up and many of the species were still dormant. Cheatgrass was emerging <br /> throughout the reclaimed parcels. While Cheatgrass is present throughout the site, generally it has <br /> not become troublesome, or excluded the establishment of other species. No significant bare areas <br /> or rills or gullies were observed during the inspection. <br /> Reclamation Success <br /> It appears that the required amount of spoil cover is being placed in B Pit (Area 32R). The following <br /> photograph shows six feet of spoil cover(the amount required by the Keenesburg Mine permit) being <br /> placed over the regraded ash. Inspectors were able to compare the depth of spoil to measurement <br /> posts placed at several locations in the pit. <br /> Six feet of Spoil Cover over Regraded Ash <br /> (Photo taken on west side of 8 Pit, approximately 60 feet south of survey stake 3-W 4812.94) <br /> General reclamation appeared to be successful as no rills or gullies were observed and no sediment <br /> transport was observed from the reclamation sites. This would have been obvious given the amount <br /> of rain in the hours preceding the inspection. <br />