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<br />Williams Fork Mines Prepared by: R. Reilley M.S. GISP <br />C1981044 5 November 2018 <br /> <br /> <br /> 11 <br />Summary of the Reclamation Plan <br /> <br />Reclamation Currently Completed. The following Reclamation has been completed: <br /> <br />a) Craig Loadout - A coal loadout in the nearby town of Craig was previously permitted as <br />an auxiliary loading facility. This loadout received complete bond release on February <br />21, 1990 via SL-01 and is no longer a part of the permit. <br /> <br />b) Williams Fork Strip Pit No. 2 - The permittee reclaimed the Williams Fork Strip Pit No. <br />2 during 1987. The Reclamation plan for Strip Pit No. 2 is in Exhibit 24 of the permit <br />application. <br />c) Bath Houses and Electric Substation - During 1996-1998, the permittee removed the <br />women’s and visitors bathhouses (south of the training center) and the substation above <br />the former No. 5 portals. <br /> <br />d) MCM complete some reclamation and demolition in the spring of 2008 through 2010. <br />The buildings that were demolished include the compressor house, old shop, Oakie <br />Plaza well shop, No. 9 warehouse, B&S shop, bathhouse, guard shack and fence, lab <br />trailer and sample building, well house by B&S shop, little shed south of Wise Hill <br />portal, old carpenter shop and contractor staging area, old (AML) mine site, rock dust <br />tank #1 and rock dust tank #2. All of these areas were regraded, re-topsoiled where <br />possible, and re-seeded with the rangeland seed mix. The demolition debris was buried <br />in the solid waste disposal area on the east side of Colorado highway 13, by the waste <br />disposal area. The solid waste disposal area was permitted through Technical Revision <br />34. <br /> <br />Reclamation Status of the No. 9 Mine. MCM’s predecessor, BTU Empire Company, LLC., <br />completed grading, drainage reestablishment, soil material replacement and revegetation seeding <br />of approximately 17.1 acres at the No. 9 Portal Area and adjacent Refuse Disposal Area in May <br />of 2009. The Reclamation plan for surface disturbances of the No. 9 Mine is contained in <br />Section 2.05.4 of the permit application. <br /> <br />Reclamation Plan. Upon permanent cessation of mining activities, or when features are no <br />longer required, all surface-disturbed lands will be reclaimed. The No. 5 Portals were <br />permanently sealed and partially backfilled in 1997. A portion of the No. 5 Portal face-up was <br />graded to final contours in January 2004. Topsoil application and seeding with the permanent <br />seed mix occurred on the regraded No. 5 Portal slope in February 2004. The No. 5A portals <br />were permanently sealed in 2003. Surface facilities will be removed and surface disturbance <br />areas will be regraded. All areas will be graded to approximate original contour. Topsoil from <br />the stockpiles will be redistributed over most of the surface area. Although certain land areas <br />were disturbed prior to the existing reclamation laws and no topsoil is available, these disturbed <br />areas will be seeded. Reclamation success will be determined by comparing the reclaimed areas <br />to a set of revegetation success standards, including comparison to approved reference areas. <br /> <br />Several roads in the permit area are proposed to be retained as permanent features. These roads