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throughout the cut and fill area. Three species, Colorado blue spruce, Douglas fir and <br /> Engelmann spruce were planted in approximately equal quantities. <br /> As required by our Stormwater permit, a number of Best Management Practices were <br /> employed during and after construction. Silt Fence or earthen berms were used at the toe <br /> of the slope as earth work operations were conducted. After construction was complete, <br /> approximately one thousand feet of silt fence was installed near the toe of the slope to <br /> provide treatment for any runoff which may develop from the reclaimed area. Timber <br /> and shrub slash generated during site preparation work was used to create sediment <br /> barriers which were placed at likely drainage points at the toe of the reclaimed slope. <br /> Segments of silt fence and straw bales were used at a few locations near Coal Creek and <br /> Dutch Creek where drainage from the reclaimed area may occur. <br /> Reclamation of the area east of the Dutch Creek Diversion was completed as part of the <br /> Bear Creek Project. Reclamation activities included removal of the topsoil stockpile <br /> placed here in 1998, final grading of the excess earthen materials stockpiled during <br /> construction of the Dutch Creek Diversion in 1998, topsoil application to the entire area, <br /> surface roughening and revegetation. Grading created a very roughened and uneven <br /> surface with a slight grade to the north and west, in order to encourage slow runoff to <br /> either Coal or Dutch Creek. Following grading and topsoil application, the surface of the <br /> area was severely ripped using a dozer. This created a highly disrupted ground surface <br /> which should minimize the volume of runoff which may report to the adjacent streams. <br /> At the southern most portion of this area, a very wide swale was constructed from about <br /> the former location of the head of the old flume. The swale parallels the old flume <br /> footprint, and extends about two hundred and fifty feet to the north. The purpose of this <br /> swale is, in the event that a large debris flow were to block the Dutch Creek Diversion, a <br /> flow path for the Dutch Creek overflow would be available for water to drain to Coal <br /> Creek without cutting into the Old Refuse Pile. After ripping, the area was fertilized, <br /> seeded and mulched. <br /> Other reclamation activities in this area included demolition of the Dutch Creek Flume, <br /> and reclamation of the Old Refuse Pile access road by alternately pulling the outslope in, <br /> or by severely roughening the road surface using a light trackhoe. Two small drainage <br /> channels were constructed on the Old Refuse Pile above the 009 pond. These channels <br /> were designed to convey water to the pond in order that the water not cascade down the <br /> face of the pile, as it has in the past. These channels were excavated, hand raked, seeded <br /> fertilized and lined with C-125 liner. <br /> Silt fencing was placed around the perimeter of the area east of the Dutch Creek <br /> Diversion, above and adjacent to Coal Creek and Dutch Creek. Any drainage which <br /> originates from this approximately five acre area will pass through the silt fence prior to <br /> entering the adjacent creeks. <br /> A total of twelve acres were reclaimed during the course of this Project, for a total cost of <br /> $246,420. <br /> 7 <br />