2017-03-15_REPORT - C2010089 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/15/2017
• Doc Name: Annual Reclamation Report
• From: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2016
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

New Horizon North Mine
Figure 1 - CDRMS Annual Reclamation Report Form
Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety Standardized Report Form
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year
2016
New Horizon North Mine C-2010-089 Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC.
Mine name permit # Permittee
Address: P.O. Box 628 / 27646 W. 5 1 St Nucla, CO 81424
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 Years Cumulative
Total
This Calendar Year
Cumulative Total'
Acres disturbed
148.2
6.2
154.4
Acres backfilled and graded
44.0
16.8
60.8
Acres topsoiled
23.4
6.4
29.8
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
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 154.4 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 0 Phase II released 0 Phase III released 0
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 facilities 2 44.8
Acreage in active mining areas 3 58.2
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
2 Includes 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; refuse piles and
coal mine waste impoundments; head -of -hollow fills; valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area
(garbage dumps and coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
2016 Annual Reclamation Report Page 6
Last Years
This Calendar
Cumulative
10 years
Greater than
Cumulative Total
year
Total'
or less
10 years
Acres seeded*
0
8.2
8.2
0
0
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 154.4 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 0 Phase II released 0 Phase III released 0
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 facilities 2 44.8
Acreage in active mining areas 3 58.2
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
2 Includes 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; refuse piles and
coal mine waste impoundments; head -of -hollow fills; valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area
(garbage dumps and coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
2016 Annual Reclamation Report Page 6