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<br />Yoast Mine 2000 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Di¢itnl Submission of 2000 Annual Rcclametion Rroon <br />Seneca Coal Company (SCC), in coopere[ion with the Colorado Division of Minerals end Geology, submits the Yoas[ 2000 Anmml <br />Reclamation Report with mope oo CD-ROM. The maps ere AuaCAD Version 14 drawings end can be overlaid with previous yea <br />submittals by inserting el point 0,0. Also, en updated existing topography comour map is included on the CD-ROM. The MS <br />Word Documem on the CD is set up with hylxrtezl links to quickly move through the documem. <br />2000 Dismtbence Area <br />The 2000 Antmel Reclamation Report, drawing Y2000-2a.DWG, shows the limits oC disturbance es of December 31, 2000. The <br />disturbance GM ea shown on thin drawing depicu eR diaturberce essocieted with the minitrg operation including heal rood and pond <br />cooeWCfion, topsoil rcmovsl std storage, open pith, spoil piles, etc. The area disturbed during 2000 rotate 121.8 arts. <br />Beckfilline and Gred'm¢ <br />• During 2000, SCC graded a portion of the active pit spoil. This area rotate 30.9 urea end ie shown on dewing Y2000-I.DWG. <br />Soil end Spoil MardtarinE <br />SCC is requ'ved by Permit C-94082 w moltilor the salvage, storage, std redinribu[ion of soil end spoil handling operations st <br />Yeast Mira. Specific programs include documeming soil recovery, verifying soil redinlribulion thickrcae, detetrniniog fiml graded <br />spoil quality, delemritting soil fertility, eveluetiog plem tooting chsrecteristica, rccotding the source of replaced soil, end <br />completing an annual soil balerce. The following swtiorc present the roil e~ spoil monitoring date Cor the 2000 celrodar year. <br />Soil Recovery Documentation <br />Soil recovery was documemed by daily observation by the grading foreman end pit wpervisor. This quality control inforrmtion is <br />used to verify soil savage estitmtee predicted from Ne baseline soil survey, confirm soil map unit types, ryatify savage thickness, <br />and eveluste soil suiubility. Soil selvage occurred in advance of the saliva pit during the 2000 field xenon es shown on dmwing <br />Y2000-2e.DWG. All topsoil seWeged during this period was pWced in stoclyiles 4 M, end O (see Table 00.1). <br />SCC will caminue to closely monitor soil handling operntiore during the 2001 field season. Only suitable sources of soil within the <br />disturbance area will be salvsged to ensure Ne reclaimed areas are restored to the desired postmipe lend uses. SCC will obuin <br />variances pumuenl to Rule 4.06.2(2) end Permit C-94082 whenever suitable soil canna be eelvsged exclusively from any map unit <br />• because of equipment limitations or operotar an(ety corcems. <br />