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Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />(continued) <br />Total acreage disturbance for structures is 60 acres and includes the shop, <br />warehouse, office and coal handling facilities. Structures will be removed <br />and the ground top sanded with six inches of "A" horizon soil placed on top of <br />the in situ Valent subsoil. Shale and gravel from the access roads and <br />parking areas will be dumped in the final pit and then resanded, fertilized <br />and then seeded. The sediment ponds, the settling basin and the drainage <br />ditches, will then be filled, graded, scarified, fertilized, and seeded. <br />Water Rights <br />On July 31, 1991 the water court referee ruled that an augmentation plan was <br />not necessary due to the operational status of the Keenesburg Mine. Mining <br />has ceased and the reclamation of the open pits has eliminated any exposed <br />water; therefore, the plan for augmentation was dismissed. No protest was <br />filed and on August 23, 1991 the judge signed the decree. A copy of the <br />decree is found in the 1991 Annual Hydrology Report for the mine in the <br />Appendix. <br />-9- <br />