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• Digital Submission of 1996 Annual Reclamation Aepnrt Seneca Coal Company (SCC), in cooperation with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, submits the Yoaet 1996 Annual Reclamation Aepnrt with maps on floppy disc. The maps are Au to CAD Version 12 drawings with Eile names of Y96TSREM.DWG, Y96REPL.DWG, and Y965EED.DWG. 1996 Disturbance Area The 1996 Annual Aeclama Lion Report, drawing Y96TSREM.DWG, shows [he limits of disturbance Erom January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996. The disturbance line as shown on this drawing depicts all disturbance associated with the mining operation including haul road and pond construction, topsoil removal and storage, open pits, spoil piles, etc. The area disturbed during 1996 totals 127.4 acres. The area disturbed to date (January 1, 19971 totals 202.4 acres. 9CC hoe stockpiled 145.9 acre-feet of topsoil, see Table 96.1, Topsoil Stockpile Volumes ae of December 31, 1996. Photographs showing topsoil operations are attached in the Exhibits Tab of this report. BackEilling and Grading The overburden removal did not commence a[ Yoast until November 1996. As of January 1, 1997, the overburden stripping and coal removal operations have not advanced sufficiently to complete backf filling and grading operations in the vicinity of the box cut. Initial reclamation operations (rough grading) have begun in the box cu[ location and the completed area will be reported in the 1997 Annual Reclamation Report. Miscellaneous Construction Activities During the summer months of 1996, SCC constructed the main haul roads, Road "A" and Aoad •B^ into the Yoast Mine. SCC completed work on the subgrade over the full length of Haul Road 'A', by October. Topsoil was salvaged by wind-rowing it to [he edge of the right-oE- way as well as placing it in stockpiles A, B, and C. SCC also completed construction of sedimentation pond 10 in August, and successfully moved the 650 dragline from the Seneca II Mine to the Yoas[ Mine during October. In order Co walk Che dragline under Che PSCO/WA PA powerlinee along Road "A", SCC disturbed an additional area under the powe clines just west of Road •A". Reclamation of this deadhead road and additional disturbance along the Aoutt County Aoad 27 (RCA27) is scheduled for completion in the summer of 1997. A temporary topsoil stockpile was placed west of the junction of Road "A" and RCA27. This stockpile will be utilized to reclaim the disturbed area along RCA27.