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Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. -2- 2013 Annual Reclamation Report Tunnel under 1 -70, Pond 8 & Pond 9 (No. 29 Below) (Ph III release on 13.5 acres in 2010) Roadside South Portal Road to Old Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 30 Below) 1.9 Railroad Loop Track - South of 19/10 Road (No. 31 Below) 0.3 (Ph III release on 0.3 acres in 2009) Cameo Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 Road (No. 32 Below) 1.2 Unit Train Load -out, Railroad Loop Track/Conveyor Corridor & Roads 66.7 (No. 33 Below) (Ph III release on 66.7 acres in 2011) Haul Road #3 at UTL (No. 33 below) (Ph III release on 0.9 acres in 2011 - previously listed as permanently disturbed acres) 0.9 Cameo Refuse Disposal Area No 1 & 2 Sediment Ponds (6 & 10) 2.4 Total 230.0 Areas permanently disturbed are as follows: Description Access Road to No. 2 West Portals (No. 21 Below) 3.8 Haul Roads to CRDA 1, 2 and 3 3.4 Access Road #2 (Through North Decline) 0.4 Coal Creek Realignment (No. 34 Below) 0.8 Coal Gulch Realignment (No. 20 Below) 1.4 North Portal Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 22 Below) 1.4 Top Soil Pile #2 (remnant) (No. 22 Below) 0.3 Total 11.5 Acres Disturbed by Mining Activities 241.7 Less Previously Reclaimed Areas 230.0 Less Permanently Disturbed Areas 11.5 Equals Remaining Reclamation Acres 0.2 (c) Area backfilled and graded — 0.4 acres during 2013 were backfilled and graded when Pond 9 was fully reclaimed. (d) Area Top - soiled — 0.4 acres during 2013. (e) Area Seeded — 0.4 acres during 2013 (seed mix tag attached). Whitetop was treated in April, using Curtail, at the Roadside South Borrow Area & reclaimed upper diversion ditch, Pond 9, reclaimed water tank area at South Portal, North Portal silt fence area, and 2 West Portals. Russian Knapweed was treated in September, using Curtail, above the Roadside Borrow Area. Halogeton was treated in August, using Roundup, at the reclaimed Ponds 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13, CBA #1 Sump, Topsoil Pile #1 and the North Decline Sumps. (f) Areas Seeded up through 2013. (Permanent) 1. Blue Flame Mine - Deleted - Reclamation work was performed voluntarily and therefore not required for this report.