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Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. - 2 - 2007Annual Reclamation Report <br />Conveyor Corridor from Xcel Culvert south to Transfer Bldg #2 and <br />east of Colorado River (No. 27 Below) 1.6 <br />Substation A (No. 28 Below) 0.2 <br />Roadside South Portal Mine Facilities and Stockpile/Prep Plant Area 13.5 <br />and Conveyor Tunnel Under I-70 (No. 29 Below) <br />Roadside South Portal Road to Old Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 30 Below) 1.9 <br />Total 151.4 <br />Areas Permanently disturbed are as follows: <br />Description <br />Access Road to No. 2 West Portals (No. 21 Below) 3.8 <br />Haul Roads to CRDA 1, 2 and 3 3.4 <br />Access Road #2 (Through North Decline) 0.4 <br />Haul Road #3 at UTL (16' Width) 0.9 <br />Total 8.5 <br />Acres Disturbed by Mining Activities 241.7 <br />Less Previously Reclaimed Areas 151.4 <br />Less Permanently Disturbed Areas 8.5 <br />Equals Remaining Reclamation Acres 81.8 <br />(c) Area back filled and graded - 11.7 Acres during 2007. <br />(d) Area Top•-soiled - 8.5 Acres during 2007. <br />(e) Area Seeded - 2.1 Acres during 2007. <br />Area Re-Seeded -Less than % an acres was re-seeded during 2007 due to <br />drainage repairs. Two small areas that were re-disturbed while repairing <br />damage at the energy dissipaters at the upper diversion ditch of CRDA2 and <br />three small areas at the north portal where sink holes were repaired. All areas <br />were re-seeded with seed mix shown on Table 14-8. (See attached seed mix <br />tag.) <br />Approximately 19 acres at the North Decline were interseeded in 2007. See #5 <br />below. <br />Whitetop was treated in April, using Curtail, at the Roadside South, Conveyor <br />Corridor, UTL, and South Fan. <br />Russian N:napweed was treated in September, using Curtail, at the UTL and the <br />Overland Conveyor. <br />(f) Areas Seeded up through 2007. (Permanent) <br />Blue Flame Mine -Deleted -Reclamation work was performed voluntarily <br />and therefore not required for this report. <br />