2017-03-26_REPORT - C1981012

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/26/2017
• Doc Name: Annual Reclamation Report
• From: New Elk Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2016
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2016
New Elk Mine
mine name
C-1981-012
permit #
Address: 12250 Highway 12, Weston, CO 81091
and Safety
New Elk Coal Co LLC
Permittee
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.
Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
111 ­+­­ t,oI. A, nr, nr+ inch irta acrac that haves arhiPvarl final- Phase III release.
Last Years
This Calendar
Land Status Category
Cumulative Total
Year
Cumulative Total'
Acres disturbed
162.98
0.00
=
162.98
Acres backfilled and graded
45.36
+
0.00
=
45.36
19.44
0.00
=
19.44
Acres to soiled
21.78
+
0.00
22.00
Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
111 ­+­­ t,oI. A, nr, nr+ inch irta acrac that haves arhiPvarl final- Phase III release.
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
98
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 162.and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 22.40 Phase II released 0.00 Phase III released 0.00
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NSA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2130.32
Acreage in active mining areas 30.00
(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; 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).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded
Last Years
This
Greater
Cumulative
Calendar
Cumulative
10 years or
than 10
Total
year
Total'
less
years'
21.78
0.00
22.00
=
1.84
+
20.16
Acres seeded*
=
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
98
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 162.and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 22.40 Phase II released 0.00 Phase III released 0.00
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NSA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2130.32
Acreage in active mining areas 30.00
(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; 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).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded