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<br />ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />MESA GRAVEL PIT <br />PEABODY COAL COMPANY <br />PERMIT N0. 82-36 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The original Mesa Gravel Pit was permitted in August 1980 under the Limited Impact <br />Operations Regulations. The permit area originally contained 9.95 acres. The permit <br />area was expanded by 25.35 acres on June 22, 1982 for a total permit area of 36.3 acres. <br />The Mesa Gravel Pit operation is not afull-time gravel mining operation. Gravel is <br />mined on an "as needed" basis for the haulage roads at the Seneca II Coal Mine. The coal <br />haulage trucks, on their return trip from the power plant, stop at the gravel pit to pick <br />up gravel (only when needed). N.~hen the operation started in 1980 a major portion of the <br />old permit area was "opened up" for gravel recovery. This was due to needed room for <br />the coal trucks to maneuver in the pit. Rather than create more surface disturbance, <br />this open pit method of mining was aimed at depth recovery rather than width or <br />length. The pit has recently attained sufficient width and length to begin reclamation <br />operations. Those operations, as of this reporting, have been the backfilling and grading <br />aspects of the reclamation process. <br />Most of the disturbance at the pit happened prior to June 22, 1982. This report conerns <br />itself mainly with Permit No. 82-36. Please refer to Exhibit 2.14 for location of activi- <br />t i es. <br />