2015-03-16_REPORT - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/16/2015
• From: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2014
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

New Horizon Mine
Table of Contents
I. RULE REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................... ..............................1
A.
PERMITTEE ................................................................................. ............................... l
B.
DISTURBED AREAS .................................................................... ..............................1
C.
BACKFILLING AND GRADING .................................................. ..............................1
D.
RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES ..................................................... ..............................1
1.
Spoil Quality .................................................................................. ............................... l
2.
Topsoil ........................................................................................... ..............................2
3.
Seeding ........................................................................................... ..............................2
4.
Soil Fertility Testing and Fertilizer Application .............................. ..............................2
5.
Grazing, Irrigation, and Irrigated Pasture Yields ............................. ..............................3
a. Grazing .................................................................................... ..............................3
b. Irrigation ................................................................................. ............................... 4
C. Irrigated Pasture Yields ............................................................ ..............................4
E.
WILDLIFE MONITORING ............................................................... ..............................5
F.
INTERIM REVEGETATION REPORT ............................................. ..............................5
G.
WEED MANAGEMENT ............................................................... ..............................5
H.
PEST MANAGMENT ................................................................... ............................... 5
List of Tables
Table 1 - Topsoil Moved During the Report Year ......................................... ..............................6
Table2 - Topsoil Balance ............................................................................. ..............................7
Table 3 - Topsoil Replacement Depths* ....................................................... ............................... 8
Table4 - Approved Seed Mixtures ................................................................ ..............................9
List of Figures
Figure 1 — CDRMS Annual Reclamation Report Fonn ................................. .............................11
List of Maps
Map 1
— Disturbance
Map 2
— Backfill
Map 3
— Topsoil
Map 4
— Noxious Weed & Wildlife Management
Map 5
— Seeding
Map 6
— Fertilizer
Map 7
— Pasture Yields
Map 8
— Grazing
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