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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 />