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Rule 1.0f <br />• In 1986, coal production ceased and final reclamation operations commenced at the mine. <br />Backfilling, grading and seeding of the entire mine pit area was completed in 1986. <br />Information concerning the location and status of roads within the permit area can be found in <br />Volume I, Section 2.05.3, Page 16 (pages counted from the beginning of the section) and on Exhibit <br />[ of Exhibits, Volume I of the August 1980 permit application. Information regarding sediment <br />control ponds and diversions may be found in Volume I, Section 2.05.3, page 27 of Exhibit K, <br />Exhibits Volume I and Exhibit of Exhibits Volume II of the original permit application. <br />2.05.4 Reclamation Plan <br />The goal of the reclamation plan was to restore all affected areas to approximate original contour <br />(AOC) and pre-mining vegetative productivity. During the period that the mine was active, <br />reclamation followed the mining operations as closely as practical. Map 2, Reclamation Sequence <br />and Drainage Map (see map pocket in Exhibits) shows the actual reclamation sequence and <br />approximate areas reclaimed by year. The total number of approximate acres disturbed and <br />reclaimed each year are shown below in Table 2.05-2. <br /> <br />TABLE 2.05-2 <br />DISTURBANCE & RECLAMATION SEQUENCE <br />Year Acres <br />Disturbed' Acres <br />Reclaimed <br />1978 85 0 <br />1979 89 23 <br />1980 57 10 <br />1981 38 32 <br />1982 28 61 <br />1983 13 28 <br />1984 21 37 <br />1985 31 21 <br />1988 - 108 <br />1987 - 42 <br />Total 382 362 <br />1. Acreage calculated from January 1985 M-K Disturbed Area <br />Sequence Map and rounded to nearest whole number <br />2. Acreage calculated from August 1987 M-K Reclamation <br />Sequence Map and rounded to nearest whole number <br />Mine reclamation was essentially completed in the Fall of 1986 with the exception of the <br />office/shop/warehouse facilities and other areas on the northwest side of CR 53 which were <br />• reclaimed in Fall 1987: Mine reclamation operations basically consisted of pit backfilling, grading <br />and contouring, ripping, topsoil replacement and seeding. All operations were performed in <br />accordance with MLRD approved plans and designs. Major components of the reclamation phase <br />of mine operations are described in the following sections. <br />'T2-63 9/N/96 <br />.,~ 2.05-3 N~z6~Y6 s~RnrrrAL <br />