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Colowyo Coal Company <br />2014 Annual Reclamation and Hydrology Report <br />SECTION 3 - CDRMS ARR FORM AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS <br />RULE REQUIREMENT <br />RULE 2.04.13(1) (a -f) <br />2.04.13(l) by April 1, or other such date as agreed on, each permittee shall file an annual <br />reclamation report covering the previous calendar year for all areas under bond. The <br />report shall include, but not be limited to, text, discussion and maps which address: <br />• the name and address of the permittee and permit number <br />• location and number of acres disturbed during that year <br />• location and number of acres backfilled and graded during that year <br />• location and number of acres topsoiled during that year <br />• the species, location and number of acres of vegetation planted during that year, <br />including any augmented seeding or cultural practices <br />• location, number of acres and date of planting for all previously re- vegetated <br />areas <br />GENERAL DISCUSSION <br />During 2014, no additional disturbance to native areas occurred onsite. During the <br />renewal process in 2012, Colowyo and the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining <br />Safety (Division) found a discrepancy in the total disturbance acres that Colowyo was <br />reporting and what the Division was tracking. The discrepancy lies in old acreages that <br />were calculated prior to electronic methods and the inconsistency of hand methods versus <br />electronic methods. Therefore, through a collaborative effort between Colowyo and the <br />Division the total disturbance acres were re- verified and calculated at 3786.0 acres. <br />Figure 3 -1 will show this change in total disturbance from 2011 to 2012. <br />In 2014, 38.6 acres were backfilled and graded and 45.6 acres were topsoiled. Colowyo <br />permanently seeded or planted 33.4 acres in 2014. Through then end of the year 2014, <br />1389.93 acres have been reclaimed at Colowyo. A total of 416.46 seeded acres from 1994 <br />through 2004 have been in existence for greater than 10 years with 973.47 acres being in <br />existence for 10 years or less. <br />480.06 acres within the permit area are in long -term mining or reclamation facilities and <br />the active mining area is comprised of 1922.9 acres (Please see Figures 3 -1 and 3 -2). <br />In the 2014 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR), Figure 3 -1, Colowyo reports a <br />cumulative total acres seeded of 1389.93. <br />Page 3 -1 <br />