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<br />ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />FOIDEL CREEK MINE <br />PERMIT C-82-056 <br />This report addresses the surface disturbances associated with <br />the underground mining operations conducted by Twentymile Coal <br />Company. TCC mines federal and private coal in Routt County, <br />Colorado utilizing a retreating longwall system. As such, surface <br />disturbances have been limited to surface support facilites <br />consisting of small acreages. Currently, TCC is responsible for the <br />disturbances consisting of the Fish Creek Borehole, Sandstones <br />Substation, Fish Creek Tipple, Rockdust Tank, and Surface <br />Facilities (shaded portions of Figure 1 which also reflect the <br />recent transfer of facilities from Permit C-81-071). The surface <br />facilities are located in and on old spoils produced by the CYCC <br />Mine 1 operation during the 70's, with the portals driven into the <br />old low wall remnant. In addition, the newer tipple facilities, <br />haulroads, rail spur, explosive bunkers, and coal stockpile in the <br />area of Pinnacle Peak have been transferred to TCC. Given that the <br />current disturbance is limited to those areas necessary for <br />operation of the mine, TCC does not anticipate any large scale <br />reclamation to be undertaken in the near future. At such time as <br />reclamation commences, TCC will follow the approved reclamation <br />plan found in Permit C-82-056 using the approved seed mixtures <br />(Tables 2-4). <br />A summary of the current surface disturbance and reclamation <br />present within the Foidel Mine permit boundaries are found in Table <br />1. Those parcels already reclaimed within the shaded areas by CYCC <br />will remain the responsibility of CYCC. For a more complete <br />discussion of the surface areas involved, refer to Permit C-82-056. <br />