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on Map 2.05-M6, Sheet 5 of 7. Specific details for the reclamation of these sites are given on page 2.05- <br />65a of the PAP: <br />The three coal refuse disposal facilities; the East Yard Refuse Facility, located near the <br />backfilled Somerset Mine C-Seam portal; the West Valley Coal Refuse Facility, located in the <br />first drainage west of Elk Creek; and the II West Coal Refuse Facility, located in the second <br />significant ephemeral drainage west of Elk Creek; have been designed and constructed as <br />permanent structures. As an integral part ofpile construction, completed pile areas are <br />continuously or periodically reclaimed. Reclamation involves grading bench outslopes to the <br />design configuration (2H.•I V), grading bench surfaces to promote effective drainage, placing a <br />minimum of 4 feet of suitable cover material, and seeding and mulching the reclaimed benches <br />and outslopes to protect and stabilize the cover material. Because the refuse piles are designed <br />as permanent structures, all associated drainage and sediment control strictures (except the <br />sedimentation ponds associated with the West Valley and II West Coal Refuse Facilities), <br />including undisturbed drainage diversion ditches, disturbed drainage collection ditches, and <br />rock under -drains will be retained. <br />Most of the sites identified in Table 1 are associated with degasification boreholes. Specific details for <br />the reclamation of these sites are given on page 2.05-67 of the PAP: <br />Reclamation of borehole and well sites and the associated surface disturbance will involve <br />dismantling and removal of all surface equipment, plugging and sealing of the boreholes, <br />ripping and grading of the associated pad areas and roads, replacement of topsoil and <br />reseeding. The degasification wells will be plugged and sealed by cement grouting to <br />approximately 20 feet above and below any identified water producing zones. Then, after gas <br />sampling shows that no further methane is being exhausted from the well, an octo plug (or <br />similar) will be set in the well ten feet below the ground surface and the remaining 10 feet above <br />the plug cemented to surface. Any casing extending above the ground surface will be cut off, and <br />a well marker installed. Following plugging and sealing of the borehole, any temporary <br />diversions will be filled in and the disturbed surface area regraded to blend with the surrounding <br />terrain. Associated roads will be reclaimed by blocking access with berms, rocks, or by other <br />means, establishing passive drainage controls (water bars and/or ditches), and ripping and <br />seeding road surfaces. <br />A letter from Brian Farmer of Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc. was added to Exhibit 2.05-E5. The letter requests <br />that GVB access roads on land owned by Hotchkiss Ranches be left un-reclaimed, citing their usefulness <br />in providing access for hunting and grazing. <br />PHASE II <br />Rule 3.03.1(2)(b) states, "Up to eighty-five percent of the applicable bond amount shall be released upon <br />the establishment of vegetation which supports the approved postmining land use and which meets the <br />approved success standard for cover... based on statistically valid data collected during a single year of <br />the liability period". In regard to Phase II bond release, Rule 3.03.2(3)(b) also states, " No more than <br />sixty (60) percent of the bond shall be released so long as the lands to which the release would be <br />applicable are contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of <br />C-1981-022, SL-2 Page 15 of 23 <br />