2016-03-15_REPORT - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/15/2016
• From: Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assoc.
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2015
• 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.......................................................................................................
A.
PERMITTEE.................................................................................................................... 1
B.
DISTURBED AREAS..................................................................................................... 1
C.
BACKFILLING AND GRADING.................................................................................. 1
D.
RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES...................................................................................... 1
1.
Spoil Quality.................................................................................................................... 1
2.
Topsoil..............................................................................................................................1
3.
Seeding............................................................................................................................. 2
4.
Soil Fertility Testing and Fertilizer Application.............................................................. 2
5.
Grazing, Irrigation, and Irrigated Pasture Yields............................................................. 2
a.
Grazing......................................................................................................................2
b.
Irrigation................................................................................................................... 3
C.
Irrigated Pasture Yields............................................................................................. 4
E.
WILDLIFE MONITORING............................................................................................ 4
F.
INTERIM REVEGETATION REPORT......................................................................... 4
G.
WEED MANAGEMENT................................................................................................ 4
H.
PEST MANAGMENT..................................................................................................... 4
List of Tables
Table 1 - Topsoil Moved During the Report Year.......................................................................... 6
Table2 - Topsoil Stockpiled........................................................................................................... 7
Table 3 - Topsoil Replacement Depths........................................................................................... 8
List of Figures
Figure 1 — CDRMS Annual Reclamation Report Form................................................................. l l
List of Maps
Map 1
— Disturbance Areas
Map 2
— Backfill Areas
Map 3
— Topsoil Areas
Map 4
— Seeding Areas
Map 5
— Fertilizer Areas
Map 6
— Grazing Areas
Map 7
— Pasture Yields Locations
Map 8
— Noxious Weed & Wildlife Management
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