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on private property. The tabulation of specific reclamation tasks to be accomplished on private <br />property was attached to the Settlement Agreement. <br />Completion of the reclamation projects in 1999 fulfilled the Division's reclamation obligations on <br />privately held property at the Coal Basin Mine. Per pazagraph 12 of the Settlement Agreement, a <br />document was issued by the Division on March 6, 2002, entitled "Notice of Termination of <br />Reclamation Obligation" ("Notice"). This document states that the Division completed the <br />reclamation tasks per the Settlement Agreement and that no further reclamation obligation due to <br />past mining operations exists as to the MidCon Realty, LLC property. The Notice was recorded in <br />Pitkin County on Mazch 21, 2002. A copy of this document is attached. <br />The private property addressed within this TOJ is now owned by Acacia, LLC, and includes all the <br />private property previously owned by MidCon Realty, LLC within the former Coal Basin permit <br />azea. <br />III. RECLAMATION PLAN <br />The goal of the reclamation was to grade the disturbed lands to a stable land form, to provide erosion <br />control and to return the land to a beneficial land use. A summary of the projects undertaken to <br />accomplish the reclamation is provided in the Summary Report, Coal Basin Mine Reclamation <br />Projects, prepazed by the Division on August 24, 2007. The report addresses both private and public <br />lands within the Coal Basin Mine permit azea. Projects on private lands aze summazized below. <br />Structural Demolition <br />Prior to reclamation, the major structures on the private lands at the Coal Basin Mine included: the <br />prepazation plant, located neaz the confluence of Coal and Dutch Creeks, two warehouses, a wash <br />plant, offices and other assorted structures. The facilities azea of the mine site was heavily <br />industrialized when the mine was active. Following closure of the mine, a structural demolition <br />company employed by Mid-Continent Resources removed all of metallic materials from the entire <br />mine site leaving all non-metallic materials such as asphalt parking azeas, concrete foundations, <br />concrete block buildings, and beltline foundations intact. <br />All asphalt and concrete materials were demolished by Division contractors. These materials were <br />hauled to various locations within the mine site, placed against cut slopes and buried. Each disposal <br />area was graded to a geomorphically stable landform designed to route stormwater and snow melt <br />drainage safely off the azeas. Topsoil was applied where available. At all areas, the ground surface <br />was severely roughened and seed, mulch and fertilizer were applied. <br />Rock Tunnel <br />The Rock Tunnel is a twin bore mine entry constructed through non-coal bearing shale and <br />sandstone, which eventually intersected the workings of Mine 1 and Mine 2. Coal, personnel and <br />materials were moved between the mine and the surface via the Rock Tunnel After abandonment, <br />and prior to reclamation, the tunnel drained at a constant rate from one of the twin adits. <br />