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to these interrogatories or state the circumstances under <br /> which this these items may be inspected and/or copied. <br /> Response: Many of these documents have been previously <br /> provided to representatives of Mid-Continent Resources . If <br /> any document cannot be located, it will be made available for <br /> inspection at a mutually convenient time at the Division' s <br /> offices in Grand Junction and\or Denver. <br /> 25 . If we read the DMG Reclamation Accounting <br /> correctly, it appears $414, 458 is projected for expenditure at <br /> mine portal areas . Please state what this expenditure is for <br /> by location, item and cost component . Are there documents <br /> relating to this cost? If so, please attach a copy of such <br /> document to your responses to these interrogatories or state <br /> the circumstances under which these documents may be inspected <br /> and/or copied. <br /> Response: Objection: This interrogatory is unclear and <br /> vague . The Division can not determine how your figure of <br /> $414, 458 was generated or what is specifically included in <br /> that figure. The Division is therefore unable to respond to <br /> this interrogatory. <br /> 26 . Please state what, if any, topsoil or other <br /> substitute material has been placed on the backfilled mine <br /> portal areas . If none, please state upon what publications or <br /> other authority you rely in your revegetation expectation. <br /> Please state what your expectations are for revegetation <br /> success at these areas and upon what publication or authority <br /> this expectation relies . <br /> Response: Topsoil has not been utilized at the <br /> backfilled mine portals, because little if any is available . <br /> In some cases, organic amendments have been incorporated into <br /> the fill material to initiate the soil building process . <br /> The Division has observed that this technique has been <br /> successful at an Abandoned Mined Land Project in Coal Basin. <br /> Pertinent documents relative to revegetation success <br /> expectations include : <br /> - Undated Intermountain Soils, Inc . Report contained in <br /> Volume 8, Chapter V of the Mid-Continent Resources permit <br /> 15 <br />