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Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. <br />-10- 2015 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Phase III Bond Release — 3.8 acres <br />22. Roadside North Portal Mine Facilities and Stockpile Area — During <br />2002 all structures, materials and facilities were removed. The portal <br />decline was filled and the area was returned to approximate original <br />contours and then reseeded. In August 2003 approximately 0.1 acres <br />along the north bank of Coal Creek was re -seeded after it was re - <br />disturbed creating access for equipment while building the rock check <br />structure in Coal Creek. Phase I Bond Release was approved on 24.1 <br />acres with SL -2 on October 27, 2003. In December 2005 the northwest <br />section of the North Portal, approximately 3.8 acres, was re -seeded due to <br />poor establishment of vegetation from the 2002 seeding. In October 2012 <br />approximately 3.0 acres were re -disturbed and re -seeded during <br />reclamation of the North Portal sedimentation control features. Material <br />from Topsoil Pile #1 was used at Pond 13, flume area, CBA #1, Ponds 6 & <br />10 and portions of Pond 11 and the top soil pile area was graded and <br />seeded. Phase II & III Bond Release was approved on 21.1 acres with <br />SL -8 on November 14, 2015. Located in the SW'/ Section 27, T1 OS, <br />R98W, 6th P.M. <br />Area - 24.1 acres; <br />0.1 acres re -seed; <br />3.8 acres re -seed; <br />3.0 acres re -seed <br />Date - November 2002; <br />August 2003 re -seed; <br />December 2005 re -seed; <br />October 2012 re -seed <br />Seed Mix - "Seed Mix, Table 14-8", Upland Components; <br />"Seed Mix, Table 14-8", Upland Components — re -seed; <br />"Salt Tolerant Seed Mix, Table 14-15" — re -seed; <br />"Seed Mix, Table 14-8", Upland Components — re -seed <br />Phase III Bond Release — 21.1 acres <br />"G" Substation - All structures at the G Substation were removed and area <br />was returned to approximate original contours and seeded. Phase I Bond <br />Release was approved on 0.5 acres with SL -8 on November 14, 2015. <br />Area - 0.5 acres <br />Date - September 2008 <br />Seed Mix - "Seed Mix, Table 14-8", Upland Components (Needle and <br />Thread was not available, so Indian Rice Grass was increased by 1 <br />Ib/acre, which was approved by Dan Mathews) <br />North Portal Sedimentation Control Features - Pond 13, a portion of the <br />old upper diversion ditch and the flume area at the end of the upper <br />diversion ditch were filled, regraded and seeded. Phase I Bond Release <br />was approved on 2.0 acres with SL -8 on November 14, 2015. <br />Area — 2.0 acres <br />Date — October 2012 <br />Seed Mix — "Seed Mix, Table 14-8", Upland Components <br />