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~~JW ------- ---_ - - - <br />RIiCL]\I4ATION SUI4~~InRY OF <br />• ~ FISII rREEt; SEED~IG - <br />On the 14th day of September, 1972; Energy Fuels <br />Corporation made application to the Colorado Department of <br />Natural Resources, attention of Atr. Dor.' F!asY.e, for a permit <br />to operate an open-cut strip mine to be Y.no~•:n as "Energy \o. <br />2" in Section 25, Township 5 North, Range 87 West of ttic 6th <br />P.M. The same was apnroved on September 15tH, 1972 as <br />Permit No. 32 as issued by the Colorado Department of <br />Natural Resources. This permit was to cover the period of <br />July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973. Issuance of subsequent <br />permit No. 44 covered this area through June 30, 1974. Bond <br />was posted on the initial disturbance at the Energy No. 2 <br />2+line, but, with the consolidation of all Energy Fuels' <br />pErmits and bonding on August 16, 197b, this area was <br />adequately covered by the floating bond posted by FT1PT~ <br />Fne1s under a Zife of the 73ine Permit No_ 7fr16. <br />Actual mining began in September of 1972, shortly :after <br />approval of Mine Permit No. 32. Initial mining operations <br />involved the stripping of topsoil with two Terex'.TS-14 tw_a- <br />bowl scrapers followed by the stripping of the overburden <br />• with two Caterpillar D-9 bulldozers. <br />A number of reclamation performance standards were <br />placed upon Energy Fuels to assure that the land was reclaimed <br />to a useful and productive state. The initial concern fog <br />reclamation was set forth prior to the application made tc <br />obtain a state mining permit. In a letter dated November 3, <br />1972 Energy Fuels infor:~ed .Mr. Donald Haske, Chief Inspec~or, <br />State Coal Mine Inspection, that all affected lands would be <br />seeded and returned to their owner for grazing purposes. <br />This letter made reference to a lease agreement dated <br />.September 10, 1972 with the surface owner, Bogle Farms, Ir_c. <br />The entire text of that lease agreement concerning the <br />reclamation standards was found in item 6 and read as <br />follows: <br />5. Zessee agYees that it shall, at its own sole <br />o ~ cost and expense, restore the surface of the land <br />mined, and reclaim •the topsoil thereof and shall seed <br />• the same with the type of grass which shall be selec wed <br />by the Lessor, and Lessee shall: <br />(1) Segregate all topsoil from other over- <br />- burden; <br />• (2) Grade the entire affected area into a <br />gently rolling topography; <br />(3) Replace the topsoil over the other <br />overburden. . <br />-•- <br />`~°I- <br />