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South Pit Reclamation <br />Baclofilling, final grading and contouring, and retopsoiling have been completed on <br />the South Pit in accordance with the approved reclamation plan (with the exception <br />of a small terrace at the extreme north end of the former pit area that bas not been <br />reclaimed to date). <br />Sediment Ponds 1 and 2 <br />Sediment ponds 1 and 2 will be reclaimed (backfilled, regraded, retopsoiled, and <br />revegetated) following a determination that they aze no longer required for sediment <br />control at the Cazbon Junction mine site. <br />In addition to the above described modifications to the reclamation plan described above, <br />the following modification was made previously to the reclamation plan. This change <br />involved removal of the former explosives area from the mine site. <br />Golf Course Reclamation <br />The northwest corner of the original permit area (approximately 10 acres) fell within the <br />area planned for development of a golf course and ancillary facilities. To facilitate <br />construction of the golf course facility, Oakridge Energy requested that the explosives <br />bench and access road be left in their current configuration. Based on this request, <br />liability release from CDMG was sought for this area. CDMG approved this release in <br />1997. Subsequent to the liability release, the area was excised from the Carbon Junction <br />Mine permit area (CDMG TR07). <br />Timetable and Schedule <br />Reclamation of the Carbon Junction Mine is slated to begin in the autumn of 2002 and <br />continue through completion. The completion of the tasks identified and described above <br />is anticipated to take three construction seasons (through the summer of 2005). With <br />completion of the earthmoving and retopsoiling, seeding and planting is contemplated in <br />the autumn of 2005. Should this timetable need to be altered, OEI will apprise CDMG <br />and revise the permit. <br />Reclamation Costs <br />Reclamation costs for third party completion of the reclamation plan have been developed <br />and aze presented for reclamation of the North Pit, the haul road to the North Pit, South <br />Pit, topsoil stockpiles, the permanently reclaimed spoils area, and reconstruction of <br />Cazbon Junction Canyon. The following tables present the reclamation costs for these <br />tasks. Additional task costs were calculated by CDMG during the mid-teen review and <br />found to fall within the amount of the existing bond amount provided by Oakridge <br />TR08, TRl 1, TR12 (v1.0) 5-33 Revised 9/97, 08/02, 9/03 <br />