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2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES B <br />MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br />is <br />11. The water tanks were removed during 2002. <br />Backfilling and Grading <br />1. The two mine portals were backfilled in accordance with Volume 6A <br />- Final Abandonment Tab, Figure 2.05 -6. <br />2. As the result of a mine fire in 1986, the ventilation shaft was sealed. <br />3. Although the mine permit describes "rock tunnels ", they were never <br />constructed and therefore references to these structures and their <br />subsequent reclamation elsewhere in the permit should be ignored. <br />4. The East Mine was backfilled, graded and revegetated in <br />accordance with the approved plan during 2008 and 2009. <br />Timber Storage Area <br />The ROM storage pile was reduced from approximately 38,000 cubic <br />yards of stored ROM coal to approximately 17,000cubic yards of ROM <br />coal storage. To dispose of the remaining ROM coal, the bench located <br />immediately north of the West Ridge coal mine waste disposal area was <br />excavated below the level of the coal mine waste. The remaining ROM <br />coal stored at the timber storage areawas placed in this location during <br />the fourth quarter of 2007 and first quarter of 2008. <br />The Timber Storage area was backfilled, graded and revegetated in <br />accordance with the approved plan during 2008. <br />Unit Train Loadout and Highway Stockpile <br />The Highway Stockpile was temporarily stabilized during 2002. <br />Reclamation work was performed from September 2006 through <br />November 2006 at the unit train loadout. The truck dump, silos, loadout <br />and associated structures and conveyors were dismantled and removed <br />from the site. Concrete foundations were removed to at least the level <br />of existing grade. Concrete from the silos and other structures was <br />crushed and stockpiled on site. This crushed concrete has <br />subsequently been utilized by the Operator. <br />The Operator's annual reclamation reports provide additional details <br />regarding the dates reclamation was completed. <br />• <br />MT -6 /MR -126 <br />60 -c <br />12/13/10 <br />PPRo'uC,� <br />1 12 4 //1 I <br />