Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2013
<br />Seneca II -W Mine C -82 -057
<br />Mine Name Permit #
<br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC
<br />Permittee
<br />Address: 36600 Routt County Road #27, P.O. Box 670, Hayden, CO 81639
<br />This report, required by Rule 2.04.13, is due by February 15 of each year, or other date (March 31), as
<br />agreed upon by the Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any
<br />other reclamation monitoring data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported
<br />under each land status category and year of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately
<br />identified on a map included with the report.
<br />Land Status Category
<br />Cumulat ve Total
<br />The Calendar Year
<br />Cumulative Total'
<br />Acres disturbed
<br />1,290.2
<br />0
<br />1,290.2
<br />Acres backfilled and graded
<br />1,266.8
<br />2.3
<br />1,269.1
<br />Acres topsoiled _T7111
<br />Total
<br />10.2
<br />1,274.9
<br />Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year liability period. Please report the acres for each category
<br />below. Do not include acres that have achieved final, Phase III release.
<br />*Include if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
<br />For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 1,290.2 and the total number of acres:
<br />Phase 1 released 1,143.25 Phase 11 released 0.0 Phase III released 0.0
<br />For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
<br />Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
<br />For Government Performance and Results Act
<br />Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities2 15.3
<br />Acreage in active mining areas3 0.0
<br />'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
<br />2Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion
<br />and collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and
<br />construction areas; office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal
<br />conveyors; refuse piles and coal mine waste impoundments; head -of- hollow fills; valley fills; ventilation shafts and
<br />entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by- products disposal areas).
<br />3Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
<br />Revised August 1, 2014
<br />Last Years
<br />This Calendar
<br />Cumulative
<br />10 Years or
<br />Greater than
<br />Cumulative
<br />Year
<br />Total'
<br />Less
<br />10 Years
<br />Total
<br />Acres Seeded*
<br />1,262.4
<br />12.5
<br />1,274.9
<br />846.9
<br />428.0
<br />*Include if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
<br />For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 1,290.2 and the total number of acres:
<br />Phase 1 released 1,143.25 Phase 11 released 0.0 Phase III released 0.0
<br />For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
<br />Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
<br />For Government Performance and Results Act
<br />Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities2 15.3
<br />Acreage in active mining areas3 0.0
<br />'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
<br />2Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion
<br />and collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and
<br />construction areas; office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal
<br />conveyors; refuse piles and coal mine waste impoundments; head -of- hollow fills; valley fills; ventilation shafts and
<br />entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by- products disposal areas).
<br />3Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
<br />Revised August 1, 2014
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