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54 . Some publicity has been given by DMG about its <br /> volunteer tree planting program in Coal Basin. Please explain <br /> what percent of tree planting has been or is proposed for <br /> volunteers and what are the costs of this tree planting stock <br /> and from where is it obtained? Are there documents relating <br /> to these costs? If so, please attach a copy of such documents <br /> to your responses to these interrogatories or state the <br /> circumstances under which these documents may be inspected <br /> and/or copied. <br /> Response: No determination has been made as to what <br /> percentage of trees will be planted by volunteers . In 1997, <br /> volunteers planted approximately 3 , 500 trees near Mines 1, 2 , <br /> and 4 and adjacent to Road B. <br /> The Division has obtained Tree stock from the Colorado <br /> State Forest Service . In 1997, tree stock varied in price <br /> from approximately $0 . 60 to $0 . 85 per plant, dependent upon <br /> variety, plus shipping. The Division' s January 23 , 1998 <br /> Accounting, entitled Estimated Reclamation Costs by <br /> Anticipated Project, estimates a slightly lower price per unit <br /> in anticipation of volume discounts . <br /> Documents pertaining to this interrogatory will be made <br /> available for inspection at a mutually convenient time at the <br /> Division' s offices in Denver and\or Grand Junction. <br /> 55 . If we read the DMG Reclamation Accounting <br /> correctly, it contains cost figures for reclamation of the MCR <br /> unit train loadout facility east of the Town of Carbondale . <br /> Please explain what work has been or is proposed for this <br /> facility by location, component and cost, where in the <br /> approved Reclamation Plan this work is the responsibility of <br /> MCR and where this is covered in the Reclamation Bond? If <br /> this work is not covered by the approval Reclamation Bond, <br /> what is the authority for it? Are there documents relating to <br /> these costs? If so, please attach a copy of such documents to <br /> your responses to these interrogatories or state the <br /> circumstances under which these documents may be inspected <br /> and/or copied. <br /> Response: The work proposed by the Division to be <br /> accomplished at the Loadout includes completing the structural <br /> demolition which was incomplete in the fall of 1997, (this <br /> assumes that Machinery and Equipment will not complete the <br /> 34 <br />