PERMFILE132367

• Permit No: C1981029
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.05.4 RECLAMATION
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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The surface owners include John A. Eilts, Milner, Colorado; and Grassy
Creek Coal Company, Denver, Colorado. (See Map 1 for surface ownership details.)
Sun Coal Company's Meadows No. 1 mine was reclaimed in 1983 and 1984
(between August-November 1983 and between April-June of 1984) in accordance with
the approved reclamation plan (Technical Revision 02 - Revegetation & Regrading
Plan). The mine was reclaimed, after the Board decision approved the design,
where the land was designed to be returned to support the landowner's future
ranching operation. Prior to mining, the land use was primarily dedicated to
support wildlife habitat and grazing. Vegetation on site included a moderate to
high concentration of shrubs. Reclamation's primary goal was to emphasize the
grazing component of the land use by re-establishing agrass-dominant vegetative
community.
Post-Mine Topographic Design - Reclaimed Mine Area
The post-mine topographic design was based on the requirement to return the
disturbed area to approximate original contour. Planning design activities
included the use of pre-mine (Map 15) and disturbed mine area base maps (Map 16).
Prior to initiating design activities, a geotechnical and geological engineering
study was conducted by Ertec in 1981 and Fox Consultants in 1983 and 1984 to
ensure backfill grading and final slopes would be potentially stable.
Original grading plans, prior to the landowner requesting relatively flat
areas be left on the reclaimed surface, called for a final mine backfill slope
not to exceed 3:1. Since the landowner requested a topographic modification on
the backfilled area, geotechnical studies demonstrated locally steepened por-
• tions of the mine backfill slopes could be graded to 2.5:1 without significant
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