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Annual Reclamation Report Instructions <br />The Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) form has been designed to aid in the tracking of <br />disturbed acres as they progress through the reclamation process. The rows are arranged so that <br />the initial disturbed acres are entered at the top of the page and the acres will progress down <br />through the rows to final bond release at the bottom. <br />Note: The “Last Year’s Cumulative Total” columns need to have the values entered from the <br />previous year’s ARR “Cumulative Total” columns. This ensures accuracy from year to year. <br />Land Category – <br />Acreage in Active Mining Areas – This section applies only to surface mines. It does not <br />apply to underground mines nor to separately-permitted loadouts. Footnote 1 on the <br />ARR form describes Active Mining Areas as pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of <br />pits and spoil not backfilled and graded. <br />Land Category – <br />Acres Disturbed – This is the total number of acres that have been disturbed by surface <br />coal mining and reclamation operations for this permit number, regardless of name <br />changes, bond releases and changes to the permit boundary. The subtraction column is <br />for tracking acres transferred to another permit or corrections associated with record <br />keeping and mapping. Do not subtract acres where Phase III bond release was achieved. <br />A formula is shown in footnote 2 on the ARR form for surface and underground mines <br />that explains how this value is determined. <br />Acres Backfilled and Graded – This is the total number of acres that have been backfilled <br />and graded to the approved post-mining topography. The subtraction column is for <br />tracking acres transferred to another permit, acres re-disturbed or corrections associated <br />with record keeping and mapping. Do not subtract acres where Phase III bond release <br />was achieved. <br />Acres Topsoiled – This is the total number of acres that have been topsoiled in advance <br />of seeding with approved permanent seedmixes. Do not enter acres for topsoiled <br />outslopes of pond embankments, topsoiled outslopes of road embankments, or topsoiled <br />outslopes of cut-and-fill facility pads. The subtraction column is for tracking acres <br />transferred to another permit, acres re-disturbed or corrections associated with record <br />keeping and mapping. Do not subtract acres where Phase III bond release was achieved.