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2.05.4 Reclamation Plan <br />(1) The areas disturbed by the mine will be returned to a rangeland and fish and <br />wildlife habitat land use. This will be accomplished by restoring the area to <br />the approximate original contour except for the coal mine waste pile and <br />portal area. Areas will be covered with topsoil and seeded with the approved <br />seed mix. See Figure 3.1-1 Reclamation Map. <br />This reclamation plan addresses rehabilitation of the McClane Canyon Mine <br />located in Garfield County, Colorado. The area is located in a zone of <br />transition saltbrush desert and pinyon -juniper woodland. Precipitation is <br />about 17.7 inches annually and soils are derived mainly from sandstone <br />alluvium/colluvium. Although precipitation is low, soils are more favorable for <br />reclamation than the shale derived soils of many salt desert areas. <br />Sites to be reclaimed include the mine portal and facilities area, coal mine <br />waste disposal area, haul roads, sediment pond, topsoil and construction <br />material storage stockpiles and the office areas (See Reclamation Map, <br />Figure 3.1-1). Of these areas to be reclaimed, the portal area and <br />associated road and sediment pond were disturbed prior SMCRA. Removal <br />of topsoil is therefore confined to those areas, which were or are to be <br />disturbed after the enactment of SMCRA. That portion of the haul road <br />existing prior to mining will be reclaimed. <br />All structures will be dismantled and removed from the site including but not <br />limited to the office complex, conveyors, shop, mine ventilation fan and <br />substation. <br />The distribution power line will be reclaimed based on recommendations <br />from Steve Don, Manager of Engineering with Grand Valley Power (GVP) <br />(See Table 3.7.3). The Operator, in conjunction with GVP, will remove <br />distribution power poles to pole number 341, the rest of the power line is <br />considered GVP's mainline and will remain in place to continue serving <br />customers north of the mine. See Figure 2.2-2 for the location of pole 341. <br />The following sections identify proposed methodology for restoring areas <br />disturbed by the operation to a condition equal to, or greater than, the <br />highest previous use in accordance with the rules and regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Office of Surface Mining. <br />Topics presented include: <br />PR -02 2.05-33- 10/12 <br />