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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />MEMO Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Date: August 11, 2008 Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />To: File Natural Resource Trustee <br />Carbon Junction Mine (C1992080) <br />Minor Revision 6 <br />Summary of DRMS Review <br />From: Tom Kaldenbach /I 1L <br />The Division's review of the MR-6 submittal consisted of verifying support of the <br />calculation of the Universal Soil Loss Equation that previously was submitted in TR-15. <br />The Division visually estimated vegetative cover on the mine site during an inspection on <br />June 17, 2008. The visual estimates and the data submitted in MR-6 support removal of <br />Stipulation 10 from permit C-1992-080. This review did not consider cover adequacy for <br />satisfying Phase III bond release requirements, but considered whether vegegative cover <br />was minimally adequate for pond removal, as previously explained in the review memo <br />for TR-15, dated 1/10/08, titled "Removal Checklist". <br />The 2006 Annual Reclamation Report for the Carbon Junction Mine indicates the last <br />seeding of the permanent seed mix on the site occurred in August 2006. Completion of <br />seeding was verified during the Division's inspection on August 17, 2006. Rule <br />4.05.02(2) requires that ponds be removed no sooner than two years after seeding; <br />therefore, the ponds at the Carbon Junction Mine shall not be removed until August <br />2008. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines