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<br />1992 ANNIII-L Rf7C7JAt~,TIGN REPCY2T <br />Eatroduction <br />In cwnpliance with Rule 2.04.13, Cyprus Orchard Valley Coal Coa~q~any, Permit No. <br />C-81-038, submits the following Annual Reclamation Re.port for the 1992 calendar <br />year. <br />1992 Reclamation Activities <br />No additional acreage was newly disturbed by mining or construction activity <br />during the 1992 calerrlar year. Reclamation activities conducted were wnfined <br />to seeding and mulching operations on the outslopes of the west ridge waste pile. <br />(see location 32 on exhibit 7). Topsoil and subsoil piles in the vicinity of the <br />west ridge waste pile which were disturbed as a result of pile reconstruction <br />activities were seeded with the temporary seed mix (Seed Mixture #6) during the <br />fall of 1992. <br />At the close of 1992 reclamation activities on the west ridge waste pile, the <br />total reclaimed acreage on this site was approximately 2.02 acres. A total of <br />0.63 acres was newly revegetated in 1992 with the remainder having been seeded <br />in 1983. At the close of 1983 reclamation activities on the west ridge waste <br />pile, the total reclaimed acreage on this site was approximately 2.20 acres. <br />During gob salvage and sale operations occurring in the first and second quarters <br />of 1992, approximately 0.81 acres of seeded topsoil and subsoil was stripped frotn <br />the pile to allow access to the gob. Table 7 of this report depicting reclaimed <br />acreages throughout the mine site has been revised to reflect this sequence of <br />events. <br />Reclamation History <br />An extensive reclamation project was initiated in the fall of 1977 to address the <br />Orchard Valley upper mine area, middle mine area, mine roads, arxi the new county <br />road alignment near the existing coal stockpile. 'iYie reader is referred to the <br />following documents for a oong~lete discussion of the details of this program: <br />Revegetation of cut and fill slopes was accon~lished in 1978 on previously seeded <br />but sparsely vegetated and eroded slopes stenming from excessive water runoff <br />caused by the lack of an effective water diversion system. <br />In 1979, a diversion channel and four ~>>++P~tation ponds were constructed to <br />divert water away frcan the main mine facilities. Access roads to the <br />~ »++~~tation ponds and a parking lot were also constructed. The revegetation <br />program of 1979 addressed disturbed areas associated with these facilities and <br />es~as_~i approximately 12 acres of reclamation. <br />Reclamation activities in 1980 focused on revegetating lands disturbed through <br />minor construction activities condtlx,-ted in 1979. Zhe areas addressed in 1980 <br />included the Orchard Valley Mine water pipeline, exploration drill pads, and <br />1 <br />Orchard Valley Mine, Paonia, Colorado, by Ratner and Associates." <br />