Laserfiche WebLink
<br />~~~ RECEIVED <br />SENEC.4 MAR 2 71997 <br />coat company <br />Divisan or ivlmareis ~, ~e~ <br />Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />r~irirrllriirr«rii <br />999 <br />Seneca Coal Com <br />March 26, 1997 <br />Ms. Erica Crosby <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />r RE: Permit C-80-005, Seneca II 1996 Revegetation Monitoring <br />Report <br />Dear Ms. Crosby: <br />Please find enclosed two copies of the 1996 Revegetation <br />Monitoring Report for the Seneca II Mine of Seneca Coal Company. <br />The field work and reporting was conducted by ESCO Associates, <br />Inc., with Dr. David Buckner as principal investigator. I am <br />confident your staff will find the monitoring report of the <br />quality exhibited in previous reports. Monitoring at Seneca II is <br />oriented towards measuring the status of variously-aged.reclaimed~ <br />units and the success of revegetation procedures. More <br />importantly, monitoring aids in evaluating the affects ;~rst <br />successional processes on reclaimed communities. Additional <br />elements include evaluation of grazing in reclaimed lands and the <br />applicability of new sampling procedures. <br />SCC, PWCC, and ESCO welcome any comments you or your staff may <br />have on the information provided in this report. Please contact <br />me or Roy Karo if you or any other members of the Division have <br />any questions concerning the enclosed materials. <br />Respectfully, <br />Enclosure(s) <br />c: Brian Dunfee (PWCC) <br />Roy Karo (SCC) <br />Vern Pfannenstiel (PWCC) <br />Gary Wendt (PWCC) <br />Michael G. Altavilla, P.E. <br />Engineering Manager <br />Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Drawer D • Hayden, Colorado 61639 <br />Telephone (970) 276-3707 • FAX (970) 276-3014 <br />