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<br />RECEIVED <br />BTU Empire Corporation <br />February 20, 2005 <br />Mrs. Janet Binns <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and G@ology__ <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 214 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />(303)866-4944 <br />FE B 2 ~ 2006~g5, 5 Routt County Road #27 <br />Oak Creek, CO 80467 <br />D!VlSi0n Ot11rllriCfals 6 Geo~ogys7saaoo <br />RE: BTU Empire Corp. -Eagle 5 & 9 Mines (Permit C-81-044), 2005 Annual <br />Reclamation Report (ARR) <br />Deaz Ms. Binns: <br />Attached, please find the above referenced reclamation report. The mine remains in <br />temporary cessation, consequently there was no new disturbance and no reclamation or <br />seeding was completed during 2005. <br />Ongoing site maintenance and monitoring activities continued through 2005. <br />Maintenance activities included inspection and clean-out of drainage structures (as <br />needed), repair of the water treatment pond embankments, clean-up and removal of <br />miscellaneous equipment and debris (from abandoned buildings and field storage areas), <br />and focused weed and rodent control activities. Rodent control focused on an existing <br />infestation of ground squirrels in areas to the west, north, and south of the 7N-Angle <br />Dewatering Borehole. Control methods included localized application of Prozap (zinc- <br />phosphate oat bait) at the entrances to rodent_burrows and shooting the rodents. <br />Somewhere on the order of 400 acres were treated for noxious weed infestations in 2005. <br />Areas treated included: <br />- Roadsides (main entry road, all roads on the plateau area south and west of the <br />road leading to the 7N-Angle Well, and portions of the main entry roads in <br />both the east and west mine facilities areas) <br />- Refuse Pile area <br />- No. 9 Mine Shop area <br />- Areas in and surrounding the west Mine Facilities area (i.e. Water Treatment <br />Ponds, Office/Wazehouse, Bathhouse, Coal Handling Facilities, Railroad <br />Spur, Wastewater Treatment areas, and yard areas) <br />- The open meadow to the north of the reclaimed Mine No. 4 portals <br />