2018-02-05_REPORT - C1981041 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/5/2018
• Doc Name: Annual Reclamation Report
• From: J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Annual Report Year: 2017
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2017
Roadside Portals
C-1981-041
mine name permit #
Address: P. O Box 1430, Palisade, CO 81526
Safety
Snowcap Coal Company
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.
Land Status Category
Last Years
Cumulative Total
This Calendar
Year
Cumulative Total'
Acres disturbed
241.7
+
-0.2
=
241.5
Acres backfilled and graded
230.0
+
0
=
230.0
Acres to soiled
131.6
+
0
=
131.6
Seeding typically begins the minimum 10 -year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
aarh natennni helnw Ian not include arses 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 241.5 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 241.5 Phase II released 239.1 Phase III released 231.1
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed N/A
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2.
Acreage in active mining areas 3.
M1
' (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'
Acres seeded'
157.1
+
0.0
=
157.1
=
19.3
+
137.8
"include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 241.5 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 241.5 Phase II released 239.1 Phase III released 231.1
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed N/A
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2.
Acreage in active mining areas 3.
M1
' (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