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The pond 005 embankment was pushed back into the excavated pond area and compacted. The topsoil salvaged during pond construction was spread over the recontoured pond area to a depth of approximately one (1) foot. Similazly, the pond 002 complex was backfilled and graded. Topsoil was not available for reclamation of the pond 002 azea. The coal processing waste pile was covered with three feet of nontoxic non-combustible cover followed by one foot of topsoil. A topsoil borrow area was permitted west of the employee pazking lot to provide sufficient material to achieve the required material depth. Areas that had been regraded to the approved elevation contours were seeded and mulched in the fall of 1996. These areas included the water tank pad and access mad, longwall substation, service drop, ponds 002 and 005, the supply yard, topsoil stockpile footprints, and the employee parking area. The topsoil borrow area and coal processing waste disposal area were seeded in May of 1997. In August 1998, Basin Resources submitted a study to the Division of Minerals and Geology demonstrating that the drainage areas reporting to sediment ponds 003 and 004 were adequately vegetated and met the criteria of rule 4.05.2(2). Approval to remove the Sediment Ponds was granted by the Division and the ponds were reclaimed in 1998. Mine facilities that will be used for production of methane gas, including ventilation shafts, methane degas wells, and access roads to these facilities were approved for an Industrial Use post-mining land use classification. These facilities were bonded with and will be reclaimed in accordance with the rules of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. These facilities are discussed in more detail in Exhibit 31. Two additional coal bed methane wells, GE 29- 07 and GE 29-09, are scheduled to be drilled in 2007. Their location is shown on Map 18 Apache Canyon Field. (b) Reclamation Cost Estimate A detailed cost estimate of the reclamation plan is included in this permit application. Supporting calculations for the bond and reclamation cost estimate can be found in Exhibit, 19, Bond Calculation. (c) Backfillin¢ and Grading The surface disturbance area was backfiiled and graded to blend with the surrounding topography and comply with the approved post-mining topography. (A pre-mining topographic map of the Golden Eagle Mine area with 10 foot contour intervals was not available). Steep or long wntinuous slopes were avoided were possible. The final contours are shown on Map 13, Post-Mining Topography and Cross Sections. MR ~ b' 0 2.05-15 Revised 5-30-07