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2.0 MINE PLAN <br />The Munger Canyon Mine operations are scheduled to be reclaimed and go <br />into permanent cessation in 2007. At the time of this writing, the mine portals have <br />already been sealed and partially backfilled. <br />The operator will continue to maintain the Munger site in its reclaimed size <br />and configuration. Munger will be reclaimed as detailed in the permit application. <br />The coal from the Loma Loadout site was excavated and trucked to the <br />Munger mine site where it was backfilled against the highwall as described in <br />Section 3.0. The reclamation of the Loma Loadout and interim reclamation at the <br />Munger mine bench was completed during the fall of 2001. <br />2.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MINING OPERATIONS <br />• Mining activities at the Munger Canyon Mine began in 1977 under authority of <br />an exploration permit issued through the USGS. The activities were subsequently <br />permitted through the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Federal <br />Office of Surface Mining. <br />Mining activities in the Cameo Coal seam established a mine that extended <br />about 2,500 feet into the reserve block. The exploration mine revealed that the <br />thickness and quality of the Cameo would not be constant throughout the area. The <br />coal seam pinched from ten feet thick to about five feet thick at the face. Quality of <br />the coal was effected by out of seam dilution in the thinner areas. <br />TR-22 2-1 03/07 <br />