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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />5 April 2021 <br />Ms. Miranda Kawcak <br />Moffat County Mining, LLC. <br />29515 Routt County Road 927 <br />Oak Creek, CO 80467 <br />RE: Annual Reclamation Report 2020 <br />Williams Fork Mines, Permit No. C1981044 <br />Dear Ms. Kawcak; <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has completed its review of the above <br />referenced report. Please see the Division's findings below regarding the report's compliance with the <br />following Rules. <br />o Rule 2.04.13(1) — The 2020 ARR is dated 15 February 2021 and the Division received an <br />electronic copy of the report on that date. <br />a. The name and address of the permittee is on the report form. <br />b. For the reporting year 148.7 acres of lands were placed in the Acres Disturbed Category <br />comprising backfill/grading, long term facilities and active mining areas. This addition <br />of disturbed acres is discussed in the TR38 permitting action, approved by DRMS in <br />December of 2020. Active mining is not occurring at the site, however reclamation <br />activities are taking place as permitted. <br />c. For the reporting year, 34 acres were reported to have been backfilled or graded. <br />d. For the reporting year, 34 acres of affected lands were topsoiled. <br />e. Seeding of the Williams Fork River bottom land area occurred in autumn of 2020. This <br />area is designated as crop or hayland and was seeded as per Table 66, an updated <br />cropland seed mixture approved in April of 2019 with MR57. The operator conducted <br />weed control activities throughout the site as summarized in the annual report. <br />Adequacy <br />1. DRMS finds that planting dates for all previously revegetated areas were not reported as <br />required by the above mentioned rule. The Division requests this information be provided in the <br />form of an annual reclamation report map depicting: seeded parcels, dates of seeding and land <br />use; as well as ponds and monitoring locations. <br />o Rule 2.04.13(2) — No additional monitoring information was included with the report. <br />OF COlO <br />n O <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 https://drms.colorado.gov * <br />* <br />Jared S. Polis, Governor I Dan Gibbs, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director 1876 <br />