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Digital 9ubmisaion of 1995 Annual Reclamation Report <br />• Seneca Coal Company, in cooperation with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, <br /> eubmita the Yoast 1995 Annual Aeclama Lion Report with maps and Elite on f1opDY diet. The <br /> narrativ e portion ie a Microsoft Word Veraioa 6.0 Ella--YOde t95.doc. Exhibits 95.2a, 95.2b <br /> and 95.3 are AutoCad Vezsion 12 drawing files. Each drawing file hat a correapondinq plot <br /> file for a NP DesignJet 6500 plot[ex. These plot files will produce a map with a scale of <br /> 1 inch = 400 Eeet. The drawing file scale ie 1 inch = 400 feet. <br />1995 Disturbance Area <br />The 1995 Annual Reclamation Report, Exhibit 95.2a, shows the limits of disturbance from <br />Augve[ 5, 1995 to January 1, 1996. The dls turbance line ae shown on this exhibit depicts <br />all disturbance associated with the mining operation including haul road construction and <br />topsoil removal and storage. The area disturbed through December 31, 1995 [o Cals 75.0 <br />acres. <br />Haul Aoad Cone [ruction and Topsoil Replacement <br />During August 1995, Seneca Coal Company (SCC) began construction on the main haul road, <br />Road 'A', into the Yoast Mine. 9CC completed work on the eubgrade over the full length of <br />• Haul Aoad 'A', (15,000 feet) by November 1995. Topsoil was salvaged by wind-rowing it to <br />the edge of the right-of-way. When the eubgrade was completed the topsoil was <br />zedistributed back over the cut and fill elopes to allow Eor permanent revege to tlon. <br />Topsoil was redistributed over 27.1 acres along the road right-oE-way. The redistributed <br />topsoil was then seeded. <br />Revegeta[ion - <br />Revegetation activities in 1995 included the permanent revege to tion of 27.1 acres along the <br />Yoaet Haul Aoad 'A'. Only permanently seeded acres are shown on Exhibit 95.3, Annual <br />Aeclama[Son Report, Seeded Areas. See Table 95.1 for Sead Mlx used during 1995 <br />revegetation activities. There were no mulching operations oz weed control on the Yoaet <br />Mine during 1995. <br />Monitoring <br />There were no revege to Lion or toils monitoring erudite on the Yoaet Mine during 1995. <br />Wildlife Monitoring <br />Big Game Aerial studies were completed by Powder River Eagle Studies, Gillette, WYO., <br />• dozing January 1995. gee Wildlife Tab, Yoast Mine Site 1995 Big Game Aerial Survey. <br />1 <br />