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iii iiiiiiiuiiu iii 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmenl ni Natural Resource 1313 Sherman 51., Room 215 Denver. Colorado H0203 Phony: 130 SI H66 356% FAX:IlU3)H3?-BIU6 DATE: January I5, 1999 ~I TO: Mike Boulayw'/p,J~~ FROM: Dan Mathews RE: Yoast Mine 1997 Annual Reclamation Report Permit No. C-94-082 II~~~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Roy Romer Governor lames S Lochhearl Eaecmrvr Director nlichael B. Long Division Director I have reviewed the referenced report with respect to topsoil, revegetation, and wildlife requirements of the approved permit. dated March 1998. The approved permit contains requirements that the Annual Reclamation Report include certain specific information including an annual soil balance report, regraded spoil sampling data, seed tags for all seedmixes used in a given year, quantitative vegetation sampling in years 2, 4, and 7 following the year of seeding, and various wildlife monitoring requirements. Soil Replacement I. There were apparently no final graded areas available in 1997, so no spoil monitoring was conducted. 2. Appropriate soil balance infonnation was submitted and appears to document compliance with projections. Reveeetation 3. The seedmix listed in the report as hahving been uszd in 199? does nol appeaz to be appropriate. The mix is listed as Seed Mix # I, but i[ does not correspond to either Mix 1 A (Shrub grassland-Mine Area) or Mix I B (Shrub grassland-Haul Road Corridor), as specified in the approved permit. This discrepancy needs to be addressed, and measures taken to ensure that the appropriate seedmix is used in the future! This same problem as noted in my previous review of the 1996 ARR (memo dated 2/12/98 from Dan Mathews [o Jim Burner Wildlife 4. There appear to be two deficiencies with respect to wildlife monitoring/reporting. These deficiencies were also noted in my memo of 2/12/98, with respect to 1995 and 1996 ARR's. Specifically, the plan requires recording and reporting of big game and high interest species mortality related to mine activities (roadkills, fence hang-ups, etc.). No information was reported in regard to this commitment. In addition, plan requires an annual ground search each spring for any new sagegrouse or sharptail lek sites in the study area. Documentation of such searches was no[ included in [he ARR. An explanation should be provided, and measures need to be taken that such monitoring is conducted and documented in future ARR's. cc: Larry Routten, DMG DanswordUn iscm ine\yoastarr. mem