PERMFILE122542

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/13/2000
• Section_Exhibit Name: 1996 Rule 2.05 Operations and Reclamation Plans
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

. In 1986, coal production ceased and final reclamation operations commenced at the mine. Backfilling,
grading and seeding of the entire mine pit area was completed in 1986.
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Information concerning the location and status of roads within the permit area can be found in Volume
I, Section 2.05.3, Page 76 (pages counted from the beginning of the section) and on Exhibit I of Exhibits,
Volume I of the August 1980 permit application. Information regarding sediment control ponds and
diversions may be found in Volume I, Section 2.05.3, page 27 of Exhibit K, Exhibitr Volume I and Exhibit of
Exhibitr Volume II of the originalpermit appG'cation.
2.05.4 Reclamation Plan
The goal of the reclamation plan was to restore all affected azeas to approximate original contour (AOC)
and pre-uravng vegetative productivity. During the period that the mine was active, reclamation followed
the mining operations as closely as practical. Map 2, Reclamation Sequence and Drainage Map (see map
pocket in Exhibits) shows the actual reclamation sequence and approximate azeas reclaimed by yeaz. The
total number of approximate acres disturbed and reclaimed each year are shown below in Table 2.05-2.
TABLE 2.05-2
DISTURBANCE & RECLAMATION SEQUENCE
Year Acres
Disturbed Acres
Reclaimeda
1978 85 0
1979 89 23
1980 57 10
1981 38 32
1982 28 61
1983 13 28
1984 21 37
1985 31 21
1986 108
1987 42
Total 362 362
1. Acreage calculated from January 1985 M-K Disturbed Area Sequence Map
and rounded to nearest whole number
2. Acreage calculated from August 1987 M-K Reclamation Sequence Map and
rounded to nearest whole number
Mine reclamation was essentially completed in the Fall of 1986 with the exception of the
office/shop/warehouse facilities and other areas on the northwest side of CR 53 which were reclaimed
in Fall 1987. Mine reclamation operations basically consisted of pit backfilling, grading and contouring,
ripping, topsoil replacement and seeding. rill operations were performed in accordance with MLRD
approved plans and designs. Major components of the reclamation phase of mine operations aze described
in the following sections.
2.05-3 Revised - 06/01