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2006 Annual Reclamation Report <br />SouthSeld Mine <br />May 14, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br />* Repaired silt fence at the Newlin Creek Soil Pile footprint site by installing additional <br />steel re-bar to fence; <br />* Maintained silt fence adjacent to Pond 3 footprint site; <br />* Cleaned debris from culvert inlet adjacent to Pond 5 at mine site and culverts at Loadout <br />site; checked condition of culvert `elephant tube' structures along road to Monarch Fan <br />site. <br />* Installed additional rip-rap to mitigate erosion along east edge of the mine entrance road <br />adjacent to the utility building at the mine site. <br />Map 1, Mine Site Reclamation, portrays the general location, dates, and areas of revegetation <br />and reseeding in and adjacent to the former Mine Facilities area. In addition, the map indicates <br />the locations of Mine Site reclamation activities completed during 2006. Dates of revegetation <br />and/or resceding for the ancillary facilities areas and the Loadout area are shown on Map 2, <br />Ancillary Facilities Areas Reclamation, and Map 3, Loadout Area Reclamation, respectively. <br />Disturbed Backfilled and Topsoiled Areas <br />No additional areas were disturbed, backfilled, or topsoiled during the reporting period. <br />Seeded or Planted Areas <br />During October, 2004, interseeding of approximately 13 acres at the Mine Site, comprising <br />lands owned by the Corley Company, was completed at the end of October. EFCI previously <br />seeded and mulched this area during site revegetation activities in October 2003. Due to some <br />confusion in dealing with the changing wishes and needs of two different landowners concerning <br />seed mixes, EFCI applied an incorrect seed mix on the Corley property in 2003. <br />In order to correct the seeding {seed mixture) on the Corley property, EFCI submitted a plan to <br />the DMG proposing interseeding of the grass species Indian Ricegrass and Beardless Bluebunch <br />Wheatgrass. Upon approval, EFCI broadcast interseeded the referenced area (October 2004) at a <br />rate of 1.4 and 3.1 pounds PI,S/acre of Indian lticegrass and Beardless Bluebunch Wheatgrass as <br />was previously reported. <br />During the year (2004), EFCI planted shrub clumps in the reclaimed facilities and refuse <br />disposal areas at the Mine Site in accordance with permit requirements and in response to <br />landowner preference. <br />