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Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program CLOSEOUT REPORT ACTIVE MINE BOND FORFEITURE PROJECTS Permit Information Permit Number Operator Name Mine Name C-1981-015 American Shields Coal Co. Fruita No. 1 & No. 2 (Last Call at Fruita) Type of Mine— Underground Commodity Mined- Coal PRE-RECLAMATION SITE CONDITIONS The Fruita Mine is an underground coal mine located approximately 10 miles north of Fruita in Mesa County, Colorado. A mining and reclamation permit was issued by the State of Colorado in 1981. The permit was revoked and the financial warranty forfeited by the State of Colorado in 1994. The site was reclaimed using the forfeited bond money in 1996 and in 2000. In 2009 additional reclamation work was performed on site using funding from the Office of Surface Mining Civil Penalty Grant (PO PKA-9-1149). The project work included removal and plugging of the corrugated metal pipe spillway in the sediment pond, grading and lining of the sediment pond spillway, maintenance and repair of several rock lined channels, armoring above the mine portal and revegetation of all newly disturbed areas. During the summer of 2009 a large storm event occurred in the Book Cliffs which deposited up to 3 feet of sediment in the sediment pond, eroded the lower end of the newly constructed drainage channel, and damaged a number of rock check dams. The Last Call at Fruita Project included repairing the drainage channel and check dams, adding more check dams, buttressing the pond embankment and hand sacrificing/ revegetating areas of the site that lack established and diverse vegetation. BIDDING/CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION Type of Bid Documented Quote Purchase Order (circle one) Formal - Bid as the Last Call at Fruita PKA-10-1173/0E-10-024 PO Number Contractor Name &Address Construction Bond Amount($800.00)Civil Penalty PKA-10-1173/ Dates Grant(#S07AP12427-$18,649.00) & OE-10-024 RM2, LLC Start: 10/21/2009 FMS9 ($2,851.00) PO Date PO Box 818 End: 10/28/2009 Project Cost 10/14/2009 Hotchkiss, CO 81419 $22,300.00 Construction Work Description Construction began on October 21, 2009 with equipment and materials being mobilized to the project site. Work started in the main drainage channel where the channel was extended in the Spring of 2009. A splash basin approximately 20 feet wide by 30 feet long and 4 feet deep was constructed to act as an energy dissipater within the channel. Once the basin was excavated, three foot(3')and four foot(4')diameter rocks were placed in the basin and covered with smaller nominal eighteen inch (18")and two foot(2') diameter rocks. In addition, rocks that were dispersed from the recent storm were placed back in the channel. Equipment hours were used to define the drainage swale where the rock channel terminates and additional check dams were installed. During the storm, small pockets of the channel were also stripped of rock. These areas were filled with rock using hand labor. A total of 46 rock check dams (new and repaired)were constructed throughout the site. The upper road required 15 check dams (10 repaired and 5 new), the north drainage required repairs to 6 check dams, the upper portion of the road required 2 new check dams, the upper portal required 2 new check dams, the side drainage required 9 check dams (new and repaired), the main channel required 2 new check dams and above the pond required 10 check dams (new and repaired). All check dams were installed using hand labor and available rock on site. The recent summer storm deposited up to 3 feet of sediment in the pond. The level of the sediment in the pond is currently up to the top of the emergency spillway. In order to insure that the pond does not short circuit, the low spot on the pond was raised up to the level of the existing embankment. Sediment from the pond was used to reinforce the low spot and ensure that any storm water safely passes the emergency spillway.