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• RECLAMATION REPORT <br />Discussion <br />Coors Energy Company (CEC) has continued to contract the services of both Cooper <br />Aerial Survey Co. (CAS) of Tucson, Arizona and Terranext in Lakewood, Colorado <br />to provide aerial survey and optical scanning/digitizing services for the 1996 <br />reclamation evaluation and work. In addition to the increased accuracy which CEC <br />believes has been brought to the overall process through the use of these two firms <br />and the latest mapping and drafting techniques, CEC has also obtained assistance <br />from Terranext in certain azeas to enhance its own understanding of the "reclamation <br />process". <br />DMG Rule 2.04.13 <br />No additional acreage was "disturbed" during 1996. The portion of the A-Pit haul <br />road located south and west of the Dugout Pond was backfilled and graded with two <br />(2) feet of topsand in 1996. The Dugout Pond, however, will remain as a permanent <br />impoundment. <br />While no reclamation seeding occurred in 1996, work progressed on the final <br />reclamation (dirt work) for several azeas. These include a portion of the A-Pit haul <br />road, the former "dragline pad" site at the south end of B-Pit and a small area east of <br />that site. The areas together comprise in excess of 10 acres, and it is anticipated they <br />will be ready for fertilizer and cover crop (sorghum) seeding in the Spring of 1997. <br />The reclamation summary for the end of the yeaz 1996 is noted as follows: <br />ACREAGE SUIvIIvIARY <br />Total area remaining to be reclaimed 18b.5 acres <br />Total area reclaimed and revegetated 226.5 acres <br />Grand Total 413 acres <br />The total acreage summary and relative status of the acreages are graphically <br />illustrated on the following page. (Please note that the acreages denoted for certain <br />line items may depart somewhat from those reported for previous years due to an <br />apparent errors in mine surveying and mapping. These errors were identified and <br />• corrected between work done on the 1995 AHR report and the 1996 AHR report <br />through ground resurvey and the air photo survey work. <br />AF[R-1996 -118- Stipulation #17 <br />