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VL USE OF EXPLOSIVES No explosives will be stored or used at the HG loadout. VII. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SPOIL There will be no spoil material generated by the proposed operations at the HG loadout. VIII. COAL MINE WASTE There will be no coal mine waste generated by the proposed operations at the HG loadout. Crushing and sizing operations will be conducted at the loadout but all coal will be loaded onto trains or tracks and transported away from the site. LY. BACICFILLING AND GRADING Information regazding backfilling and grading of the HG loadout maybe found in Tabs 17, 18 and 23 of the permit application. A summary is given above, in the Reclamation Plan portion of this document. Backfilling and grading operations will return the disturbed area associated with the loadout to approximate original contour within one yeaz after the year in which operations cease. X. REVEGETATION Baseline vegetation information maybe found in Tab 10 with plant community types identified on Exhibit 10-1. Revegetation plans are found in Tab 20 and Exhibit 18-1 of the permit application. Post operational revegetation plans correspond with existing and surrounding vegetative communities. Dryland cropping of small grains, dryland pasture, improved pasture, and native rangelands exist both on the permit azea and in the general vicinity of the loadout. Soils associated with the Dry Creek drainage tend to be alkaline clay loams and loams. Plant species found in the area are adapted to saline and alkaline conditions. Approximately 70 acres were revegetated following construction of the loadout and rail loop facilities. Plant species present in the revegetated azeas include intermediate wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, western wheatgrass, slender wheatgrass, Russian wildrye, timothy, alfalfa, and yellow sweet clover. Adjacent and undisturbed lands tend to have a high incidence of shrubs. Heavy use by livestock grazing has aided in the increase of shrub densities. Postmining zz