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inasnounuunoi�, <br /> INVENTORY OF VEGETATIVE COVER AND PRODUCTION <br /> ON A RECLAIMED COAL PROCESSING WASTE DUMP <br /> AT THE COAL BASIN MINE NEAR REDSTONE, COLORADO <br /> L Introduction <br /> Vegetation was sampled in July, 1983, for cover and production on the reclaimed <br /> coal processing waste pile at Mid-Continent Resources' Coal Basin Mine near <br /> Redstone, Colorado. The study area comprised four north and east facing terraces <br /> covered by va.ying depths of soil. These terraces were seeded in successive years <br /> beginning in the fall of 1977. Each terrace approximately represents one year's <br /> seeding. <br /> The purpose of this study is to compare cover and production values between year <br /> of planting and depth of soil cover on the reclaimed waste dump. These values may <br /> be used by the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as a basis for granting a <br /> variance from the four-foot soil cover requirement for coal processing waste as <br /> provided for in Section 4.10.4(4) of the Division's regulations. <br /> This study constitutes an independent evaluation by Intermountain Soils, Inc.; <br /> conclusions and recommendations made in this report are the professional opinion <br /> of Intermountain Soils, Inc., and do not reflect consideration on behalf of Mid- <br /> Continent Resources, Inc. or any other party. <br /> II. Methods <br /> Year of Plantin . Information provided by Mid-Continent indicated that the <br /> terraces designated 1977 and 1978 are not entirely representative of single years' <br /> plantings. The 1979 and 1980 terraces do represent seedings in separate years. <br /> After some discussion with Mike Savage of the Division of Mined Land Reclama- <br /> tion, it was agreed upon that the older terraces (1977 and 1978) would be treated as <br /> separate years for the purposes of this study, and to overlook the fact that small <br /> portions of each of these two terraces were seeded at different times. <br /> 3 <br />