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ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />MESA GRAVEL PIT <br />SENECA COAL COMPANY <br />PERMIT NO. M-1982-036 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The gravel from this operation is used at Seneca Coal Company's Seneca mining operations for road <br />construction and road maintenance. During this reporting period Qune 1, 2004 to June 1, 2005), <br />approximately 18,900 cubic yards of gravel w«e produced. Wth the approval of Technical Revision No. 02 <br />to the permit in June 1998 by the CDMG, the permitted a«eage for this property in«eased from 36.3 to 96.5 <br />a«es. <br />Z Location and number ofacres atlected during this mpott year. <br />The Mesa Gravel Pit 2004-OS Annual Reclamation Map fox this reporting period shows the status of <br />ruining and reclamation activities for the Mesa Gravel Pit as of]une 1, 2005. <br />Activity A~ <br />Topsoil removed ahead of active pit 4.5 <br />Active pit azea advance 3.3 <br />2. Location and number ofacres reclaimed dttnrtg the mport year. <br />The number of a«es in various stages of reclamation (backfilled, graded, topsoil replaced, and <br />revegetated) aze presented below, and shown on the Mesa Gravel Pit 200¢05 Annual Reclamation Map. <br />Activi R_pe ort Yeaz(A«es) Cumulative(Acresl <br />Backfilled (only) 0.0 0.0 <br />Graded 3.2 34.7 <br />Topsoil Replaced 1.3 32.7 <br />Revegetated 1.3 32.7 <br />3. Locadonandnumberofacresinthetopsoi/teplacementatage. <br />There aze 32.7 acres in the topsoil replacement stage. See the table in response number 2 and ref« to <br />the Mesa Gravel Pit 200405 Annual Reclamation Map. <br />4. Average thickness oftopsotlreplaced. <br />The average thickness of topsoil replaced fox this yeaz was 12 inches. <br />5. Location and number ofacres seeded. <br />There were approximately 1.3 a«es seeded in this report yeaz. <br />6. The species of vegetation planted, the seeding rates and approximate dares ofplanting: <br />Ranger alfalfa 516./ac <br />Big Blue Stem grass 1 Ib./ac <br />Seed Oats 101b. ac <br />