2015-04-07_REPORT - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 4/7/2015
• Doc Name: Annual Reclamation Report ‎(Revised)‎
• From: Mountain Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2014
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2013
West Elk Mine C- 1980 -007 Mountain Coal Company, LLC
Mine name Permit # Permittee
Address: P.O. Box 591. 5174 Hiohwav 133. Somerset. Colorado. 81434
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 Year's Cumulative
Total
This Calendar Year
Cumulative Total'
Acres disturbed
486.36
+
8.47
=
494.83
Acres backfilled and graded
82.49
+
17.33
=
99.82
Areas topsoiled
82.49
+
17.33
=
99.82
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
* *The number of acres seeded is slightly higher than the acres topsoiled to account for the reclamation of helicopter
accessed drill pads and another site in 2010 and 2011 where no site preparation was needed, so no topsoil
replacement was required.
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 494.83 and the total number of acres:
Phase I release 68.15 Phase II release 67.6 Phase III release NA
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities2 494.83
Acreage in active mining areas3 N/A — West Elk Mine is an underground mine operation, so there
are no pits or spoil stockpiles that are part of active mining areas.
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
2Includes 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).
31ncludes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
Last Year's
This
Cumulative
10 years or
Greater than
Cumulative
Calendar
Total ,
less
10 years'
Total
year
Acres seeded*
82.53 **
+
17.33
=
99.86
=
72.46
+
27.40
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
* *The number of acres seeded is slightly higher than the acres topsoiled to account for the reclamation of helicopter
accessed drill pads and another site in 2010 and 2011 where no site preparation was needed, so no topsoil
replacement was required.
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 494.83 and the total number of acres:
Phase I release 68.15 Phase II release 67.6 Phase III release NA
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long -term mining or reclamation facilities2 494.83
Acreage in active mining areas3 N/A — West Elk Mine is an underground mine operation, so there
are no pits or spoil stockpiles that are part of active mining areas.
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
2Includes 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).
31ncludes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded