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• 2 West Portals <br />i • <br />• <br />The final contours for the, 2 West Portal area are shown on Exhibit 58, <br />Tab 13. The rock and soil salvaged at the two 2 West Portals will be used <br />to backfill these areas. The steep cut slope on a section of the road <br />between the two portals will be flattened. This will be accomp{ished by <br />cutting the slope back about 10-feet into undisturbed ground. Due to the <br />volume of coal removed during construction, the final contours will be an <br />average of 2' lower than the original contours. The material will 6e graded <br />to eliminate highwalls and to create a smooth transition with the adjacent, <br />unaffected areas. The drainage channel relocation near the North portal <br />will be permanent. Boulders will be placed between the permanent <br />channel and the portal fill. The five culverts shown on Map 58 will be <br />removed from the 2 west portal light use road. Low water crossing are to <br />be installed <br />During backfilling of the 2 West portals, including the substation, the most <br />suitable plant growth material will be placed on the fill last and amended <br />as necessary to promote revegetation. Silt fences will be utilized as <br />alternative sediment control and placed as shown on Exhibit 58. <br />Reclamation of power lines owned by the Operator will be started within a <br />year following the determination that they are no longer needed or serve <br />no use in the post mining land use. Poles and guy wires will be excavated <br />or cut off a minimum of I-foot below grade. <br />Cameo Borrow Area No. 2 <br />Cameo Borrow Area No. 2 was utilized as the source of cover material <br />(-34,000 cubic yards} for CDRA-1 during 2002. After the borrow <br />operations were complete, approximately 6-inches of topsoil was spread <br />on the disturbed borrow area. The borrow area was seeded and mulched <br />during 2002. <br />When approved by the DMG, Pond 11 will be reclaimed. The reclamation <br />of Pond 11 will involve the realignment of the lower Coal Gulch channel. <br />The Coal Gulch channel realignment involves lowering the elevation of the <br />channel so it is below the grade of the adjacent ground surface. Material <br />generated from the re-alignment will be utilized for the reclamation of <br />Ponds 6, 10 and 11. The Coal Gulch realignment will be pertormed at <br />least 3-years before the Operator submits an associated final Phase III <br />bond release request. <br />14-12 (Rev. 6103) <br />