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September 12, 2003 <br />Page 4 of 4 Pages <br />Date of Size and Location 4-year cover and 2-year cover and 1-year Visual <br />Seeding of Parcel (acres~~ wood stem data wood stem data Assessment <br />2001 EP038, 4.08 (East Pit) X <br />2001 WPOI 1, 1.7 (West X <br /> Pit) <br />2001 WPO10, 5.7 (West X <br /> Pit) <br />2001 WP009, 0.9 (west X <br /> Sub-Station) <br />~ From Annual Reclamation Reports <br />Final Topography <br />A current (flight date of October 9, 2002) description of topography was provided in the report <br />(Drawings, Exhibit 7). <br />Aerial Photography <br />Aerial photographs of the mine were submitted in Exhibit 10 of the report. A review of these <br />photographs indicates that the mine is being operated incompliance with the Permit. <br />Reclamation of the East Pit lags the active pit by approximately (scaled from the photograph) <br />3000 feet. An explanation by the permittee is that the most northerly portions of East Pit un- <br />reclaimed areas are to receive excess spoil from the expansion of the West Pit to the east. The lag <br />is considered to be within the approved variance in the permit for contemporaneous reclamation. <br />In addition, the East Pit is being kept open to accommodate highwall mining. With the change in <br />the direction of mining at the Section 16 Pit to south from north in lieu of the historic east to <br />west, final backfilling and grading was suspended due to the need for longer-term spoil storage. <br />The most northern reaches of the Section 16 Pit are permitted to remain at elevations above <br />postmining to provide backfill to the West Pit (upon final closure). Reclamation behind the west <br />pit has not progressed off the excess spoil fill. <br />Shrub Establishment Study <br />The report also includes a technical progress report of the shrub establishment study (Section 11). <br />