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C -1992 -080 File 30- Jan -2014 <br />Permit Acreages Page 3 of 4 <br />(PRSA), Topsoil Stockpile #2, South Pit Drill Pad, the main haul road, and ancillary areas. SL- <br />03 was approved in Apr -2008. <br />In Mar -2011, SL -04 granted Phase I release for reclamation accomplished in 2008 at Sediment <br />Ponds 1 and 2, Topsoil Stockpile #8, the Equipment Area, the East Collection Ditch, and the <br />Carbon Junction Permanent Diversion. Topsoil Stockpiles #4 and #7, which were later approved <br />for retention as permanent features under TR -16 in Jun -2010, also received Phase I release. <br />Phase Il release was granted for all of the known disturbed areas. <br />The only remaining area for which Phase I and II bond release has not been requested or granted <br />is 2.20 acres in the Carbon Junction Channel, upstream of the Permanent Diversion. This area <br />was graded, topsoiled and seeded in Nov -2013 in response to Notice of Violation CV -2013 -005. <br />Carbon Junction Mine Disturbed Area <br />I was unsuccessful in my efforts to construct an accurate accounting of the disturbed area for the <br />coal permit from permit issuance to the present. Acreages reported on the Division's Decision <br />Forms were not regularly updated to reflect changes that were made, and the permit text (Section <br />2.05) was frequently inconsistent from one version to the next. The table submitted with each <br />year's Annual Reclamation Report from 2006 thru 2012 showed 59 acres proposed for <br />disturbance. Beginning with 2007, 45.31 acres were listed as having been disturbed. <br />In order to make an accurate estimation of the current disturbed acreage, I utilized the La Plata <br />County GIS website. The site includes a tool which computes the acreage of an area of interest, <br />as outlined by the user. A tabulation of the areas I measured is provided here. (Areas which <br />have received full release from reclamation liability are not shown.) <br />Table 2 — Disturbed Area Acreages (Current) <br />Feature <br />Acres <br />North Pit <br />7.67 <br />North Pit Haul Road <br />5.89 <br />South Pit Drill Pad <br />1.08 <br />Permanently Reclaimed Spoils Area <br />12.51 <br />Topsoil Stockpile #2 <br />2.69 <br />Topsoil Stockpile #4 <br />3.43 <br />Topsoil Stockpile #7 <br />5.43 <br />Sediment Pond 2 <br />2.51 <br />Southern Area (former T.S. #8, Pond 1, Equipment Area) <br />13.81 <br />Carbon Junction Permanent Diversion (lower) <br />0.93 <br />Carbon Junction Permanent Diversion (upper) <br />0.93 <br />Upper Carbon Junction Channel <br />2.20 <br />Main Road 4000' L x 30' <br />2.75 <br />Total Disturbed <br />61.83 <br />