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<br />GEC Minerals, Inc. is dedicated to improvement of these mined <br />areas, which it plans to mine, to return them to a rangeland and <br />wildlife habitat area. At best this may be difficult to attain <br />since substantial disturbance has occurred resulting in loss of <br />topsoil and subsoil materials and significant changes in the <br />original ground water regime. Significant effects caused by subsidence <br />of the abandoned underground mines, lack of exact locations of <br />these mines, and lack of data describing the original hydrologic <br />baseline make it difficult to determine the impact of GEC Minerals, <br />Inc. mining operation and the potential successfullness of its <br />reclamation program in general. However, the long term appearance <br />and usefulness of the mine plan area will be substantially improved <br />over the existing abandoned mine spoils, ungraded terrain and <br />unvegetated high erosional areas. <br />To attain these reclamation goals, a detailed reclamation plan <br />• which GEC Minerals, Inc. is implementing is described below. GEC <br />Minerals, Inc. utilizes the following mining sequence once mining <br />conditions have been established. <br />• Clearing and Grubbing of All Trees and Brush <br />In the Mine Area <br />• Removal of Topsoil and Subsoil <br />• Removal of Overburden <br />• Recovery of Coal Resources <br />• Backfilling, Grading and Re-Contouring of the <br />Surface to its Approximate Original Contour <br />• Re-Establishment of Surface Drainage Patterns <br />• Revegetation and Restoration of the Affected <br />Land to a Rangeland or Wildlife Habitat Land <br />Use. <br /> <br />2.05-22 <br />