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Czapla, Dustin <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />✓ Subject: <br />Good morning - <br />Kabele, Megen -FS [mkabele @fs.fed.us] <br />Monday, December 19, 2011 10:14 AM <br />Angela Bellantoni (eai @bresnan.net) <br />Morrissey, Jon -FS; Mulholland, Bill -FS; Czapla, Dustin <br />Glacier Placer update <br />/A i — c-= <br />On Wednesday, Dec 14 I conducted a site visit at the Mt Elbert Mining Co / Glacier Placer operation. The purpose of the <br />site visit was to follow -up on reclamation of NFS lands that were mined without authorization. <br />J1 Johnson, operator for Kay Blecha, met me onsite at 3pm. We discussed the status of the reclamation and I found the <br />recontoured slope had been seeded with the approved native seed mix and that about 1/4 of the site was mulched in <br />with certified weed -free straw. <br />I noted to JJ that about 1/4 of the slope was too steep. The rest of the slope was at or close to the 3:1 contour, left <br />rugged for benefit of revegetation. <br />I stated to JJ to stop any further reclamation and continue again when the site is accessible, approximately late April <br />2012. The slope should be corrected to meet the 3:1 slope and the straw mulch will need to be tamped in if a track hoe <br />is not used cross -slope to track in the mulch. <br />I was disappointed to find out the onsite operator, JJ Johnson, had not seen the plan of operation from the FS. Kay <br />Blecha had called JJ with instructions for reclamation, but it appears that JJ was not aware of the full reclamation <br />requirements. <br />I will create an amendment for signature that gives Mr. Blecha until June 1, 2012 to complete reclamation. Should <br />reclamation not be completed by then, I recommend sending a Notice of Noncompliance (36 CFR 228.7) and /or <br />Violation Notice for violating a term or condition of an approved operating plan (36 CFR 261.10 (L)). <br />?Ten <br />Megen Dvorak Kabele <br />Forester, Lands/lvlinerals <br />US Forest Service - Leadville Ranger District <br />San Isabel National Forest <br />810 Front Street Leadville, CO 80401 <br />Phone: 719 -480 -7413 <br />Fax: 719 -480 -0928 <br />Email: mkabele @fsfed.us <br />1 <br />