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Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2016
<br />Elk Creek Mine
<br />and Safety
<br />C-1981-022 Oxbow Mining, LLC
<br />mine name permit #
<br />Address:
<br />P.O.Box 535, Somerset, CO 81434
<br />Permittee
<br />This report, required by Rule 2.04.13, is due by February 15 of each year, or other date, as agreed upon
<br />by the Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any other
<br />reclamation monitoring data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported
<br />under each land status category and year of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately
<br />identified on a map included with the report.
<br />Land Status Category
<br />Last Years
<br />Cumulative Total
<br />This Calendar
<br />Year
<br />Cumulative Total'
<br />Acres disturbed
<br />226.99
<br />0.0
<br />=
<br />226.99
<br />Acres backfilled and graded
<br />97.60
<br />7.27
<br />=
<br />104.87
<br />Acres to soiled
<br />97.60
<br />7.27
<br />=
<br />104.87
<br />Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
<br />k +e,,,,.,, kni—A, nn nn+ inrhirto arras that have arhiavPd final. Phase III release.
<br />*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
<br />99
<br />For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 226.and the total number of acres:
<br />Phase I released 0.0 Phase II released 0.0
<br />For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
<br />Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed
<br />For Government Performance and Results Act
<br />Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2226.99
<br />Acreage in active mining areas 3 N/A
<br />(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
<br />Phase III released 0.0
<br />N/A
<br />2 Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and
<br />collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas;
<br />office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and
<br />graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine waste impoundments, head -of -hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways;
<br />and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
<br />3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
<br />Last Years
<br />This
<br />Greater
<br />Cumulative
<br />Calendar
<br />Cumulative
<br />10 years or
<br />than 10
<br />Total
<br />ear-
<br />Total'
<br />less
<br />years'
<br />97.60
<br />7.27
<br />104.87
<br />=
<br />82.37
<br />+
<br />22.5
<br />Acres seeded*
<br />+
<br />=
<br />*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
<br />99
<br />For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 226.and the total number of acres:
<br />Phase I released 0.0 Phase II released 0.0
<br />For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
<br />Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed
<br />For Government Performance and Results Act
<br />Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2226.99
<br />Acreage in active mining areas 3 N/A
<br />(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
<br />Phase III released 0.0
<br />N/A
<br />2 Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and
<br />collector ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas;
<br />office area, repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and
<br />graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine waste impoundments, head -of -hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways;
<br />and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
<br />3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
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