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Yoast Mine C 1994 -082, 2013 Annual Reclamation Report Review 4 <br />Additional information needed for the Yoast 2013 ARR: <br />1. Seneca Coal Company (SCC) reports total acres backfilled and graded equals 842.5acres <br />(2013). SCC reports the total number of acres topsoiled through 2013 as 845 acres. Have <br />2.5 acres been topsoiled but not graded? Please provide an explanation of this acreage <br />discrepancy. <br />2. SCC reports that the total number of acres seeded equals 852.0 acres. Please provide an <br />explanation of why SCC reports more acres as having been seeded, than the number of <br />acres topsoiled? SCC has reported the total disturbance area as 848.6 acres. The number <br />of acres SCC reported as having been seeded, 852.0 acres, exceeds the total value of <br />disturbed acreage (by 3.4 acres). Please explain or resolve this disparity. <br />Additionally, the cumulative total acres seeded in the Annual Reclamation Report Form <br />states that a total of 843.7 acres have been seeded at the Yoast Mine. This value should <br />be the same as reported in the annual report text. 843.7 does not equal 852.0. Please <br />resolve this disparity and assure that the reported values are in agreement. <br />3. SCC states that no acres were graded in 2013, yet in the next sentence on the annual <br />report SCC states that 5 acres were graded at topsoil stockpile L. Please provide <br />additional detail as to why SCC is not identifying these 5 acres as graded in 2013. <br />4. SCC stated in the 2013 annual reclamation report, "There were no acres of topsoil <br />replacement in 2013 ", and the 2012 ARR stated that no topsoil was replaced in 2012. <br />Table 13.1 shows topsoil stockpile volumes. Topsoil stockpile L was reduced from 4.5 <br />acre -feet in the 2011 report to 0.0 acre -feet in the 2013 report. If SCC did not replace any <br />topsoil in 2012 or 2013, what happened to the 4.5 acre -feet of topsoil? Please provide <br />detail as to where the topsoil was replaced and to what replacement thickness. <br />Please provide responses prior to SCC's submittal of the 2014 ARR. Please correct these items <br />for the 2013 ARR, and incorporate the appropriate corrections into the 2014 ARR as appropriate. <br />Sincerely, <br />6.00^__ <br />Janet Binns <br />Environmental Protection Specialist III <br />of �Qta <br />555 Street Address, Room 555, Denver, CO 55555 -5555 P 555.555.5555 I <br />4` <br />