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Received: August 8, 2011, 2:33 pm via e -mail: <br />11. "I read the 2010 reveg report and there isn't a shrub density or # /acre count for shrubs in the report. <br />There is not a map of the transect location for the Vento property in the report. Please send these to me <br />as soon as possible." <br />Answer: The 2010 revegetation report was an interim monitoring report. The report in its entirety was <br />e- mailed to Ms. Saunders on July 15, 2011. This report was received by the Division from Energy Fuels on <br />June 27, 2011. This report is also available on -line on the Division's Laserfische permit imaging site. <br />Permit page 2.05.4 -26 provides a discussion of the interim vegetation monitoring by the operator. The <br />purpose of year 3 (2006) and year 7 (2010) monitoring was to provide information to the operator for <br />evaluation of revegetation trends for management purposes. The interim monitoring was not required <br />to meet statistical adequacy. Table 5 in the 2010 report was apparently mislabeled and should read <br />"Southfield Mine - Vento Reclamation -Shrub Density ". Table 8 contains the shrub data from the Corley <br />property. Ten transects were collected on the Vento property in 2010, as shown on Map 1, contained in <br />the 2010 Vegetation Monitoring report. <br />12. "Forage species and utility of the land for livestock production is important." <br />Response: Although this comment was not asked as a question, and is not specific to TR39, the Division <br />concurs that the approved post- mining land use is rangeland and wildlife habitat (Permit page 2.05.4 -17). <br />Post - mining land -use of rangeland and wildlife habitat is consistent with pre- mining land use patterns. <br />The revegetation plan is consistent with baseline vegetation data. Seed mixes were developed using <br />species valuable to both livestock and wildlife species, with specific input from surface landowners <br />(Permit page 2.05.4 -18). <br />13. "Functioning of the reclaimed areas to serve post mining use comes out of your regs." <br />Response: The Division concurs with this statement. Reclaimed lands support of the post- mining land <br />use is evaluated during the bond release process (Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) and (c)). <br />Comments from Landowner; Linda Saunders <br />Received: August 3, 2011, 10:29 pm via e -mail: <br />Janet Binns met with the landowner on the mine site at 12:00 pm, Thursday August 4, 2011. The landowner, <br />Linda Saunders requested that I inform her when I would be conducting one of my regular inspections. Bob and <br />Terri Saunders, family members of Ms. Saunders accompanied Ms. Saunders but did not stay with the inspector <br />and Ms. Saunders during the entirety of the inspection. The inspector provided verbal answers to Ms. Saunders <br />regarding the August 3, 2011 questions while in the field. A printer was unavailable to print out the answers at <br />the time. <br />14. "EF has to meet the 1985 regulation that previous mining companies did not have to meet. Please ask <br />them to stop saying that the area was disturbed by previous mines. They are responsible for meeting the <br />reclamation and revegetation standards." <br />Response: The Division agrees that Energy Fuels Coal, the operator at the Southfield mine is held to the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (The Act), and associated Regulations (Regs.) promulgated <br />