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- STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFE' <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />13 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 - 3507 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINI <br />SA FETY <br />DRIVIS INTERNAL MEMORANDUM ail I Ritter, Jr <br />Go�mor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />DATE. May 2 <br />TO. Mile BOulay <br />FROM: Dan Ma thews <br />RE: Meeting with CAM Representatives Regarding Revegetation I ssues <br />M Clane Canyon (Permit No. C- 1980 -004), Munger Canyon (Permit No. -- 1981 -020), <br />and proposed Fruita Ladout (Fil N. C- 2010 -000) <br />I met the morning O May 12 with CAM consultants Jinn Stover an Cent Crofts. Jim manages permitting <br />Operations for the various CAM permits and projects, and Kent Crofts is a vegetation co nsuItant recently <br />contracted to conduct vegetation sampling and assessment for projects at the M Clane Canyon Mine, <br />Munger Mine, and the proposed Fruita Load out site. Discussion pertinent to each project is presented <br />separately below. Certain details were not s pecifically addressed during the meeting but were <br />confirmed in follow-up email c orrespondence and phone conversations. Sampling will be conducted <br />during the 1 half Of .d une, and the Division will be notified O f the start date. <br />McClane C anyon Mine Expansion <br />As you know,. CAM will be su a permit revision application for a operational expansion to <br />incorporate a new coal waste pile, processing plant and ancillary facilities. The project will involve a <br />permit area expansion and an increase in disturbed area to the south Of the existing disturbance along <br />the East Salt Creep valley and adjacent uplands to the east. We agreed to the following approaches for <br />b se Iine ve getation assessment at th e rn eeti ng. <br />1) The primary vegetation type t0 be affected is the Greasewood community, on the unconsolidated <br />deposits along the East Salt Creep valley. An area that will encompass all planned disturbance within the <br />type will be sampled to meet sample adequacy requirements for vegetation cover and herbaceous <br />production (minimum of 15 sample observations for each parameter, if statistical adequacy is met with <br />fewer Observations). Cover data will be collected by a point frame method, with a total Of 100 points <br />collected along each randomly located SO mtrtranset tape. Herbaceous production data will be <br />collected by clipping quadrat sub - samples along each transet, bagging and Oven drying pursuant to <br />Rule 4.15.11(l) (b)(i ). A 2 meter wide woody plant density belt quadrat will b run along each cover <br />trance t. Applicable DRMS regulatory requirements and guideline recommendations for data collection, <br />analysis, presentation, mapping, and narrative description will be followed. Vegetation cover and <br />woody plant dens ity data will be reported by species; herbaceous production will be reported by life <br />form (annual forb, annual grass, perennial f rb, perennial- grass, etc., with any county listed noxious <br />Off of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver * Grand Junction * Durango Active and Inactive lines <br />