2015-02-05_REPORT - C1996084

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/5/2015
• From: New Elk Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2014
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: LDS
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2014
Lorencito Canyon Mine C -1996 -084
mine name
Address:
permit #
12250 Highway 12, Weston, Co. 81091
New Elk Coal Company,LLC
Permittee
This report, required by Rule 2.04.13, is due by February 15 of each year, or other date, as agreed upon
by the Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any other
reclamation monitoring data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported
under each land status category and year of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately
identified on a map included with the report.
Land Status Category
Last Years
Cumulative Total
This Calendar
Year
Cumulative Total'
Acres disturbed
155.9
+
0.0
=
155.9
Acres backfilled and graded
122.5
+
0.0
=
122.5
Acres to soiled
123.9
1.
0.0
=
1219
Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
each category below. Do not include acres that have achieved final, Phase III release.
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 155.6 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 122.1 Phase II released 0.0
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities 2,
Acreage in active mining areas 3
11
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
5.9
Phase III released 27.2
•,
Z Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and
collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas;
office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and
graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine waste impoundments, head -of- hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways;
and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by- products disposal areas).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
Last Years
This
Greater
Cumulative
Calendar
Cumulative
10 years or
than 10
Total
year
Total'
less
years '
Acres seeded*
123.9
+
0
=
123.9
=
123.9
+
0.0
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 155.6 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 122.1 Phase II released 0.0
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities 2,
Acreage in active mining areas 3
11
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
5.9
Phase III released 27.2
•,
Z Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and
collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas;
office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and
graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine waste impoundments, head -of- hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways;
and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by- products disposal areas).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded