2008-12-15_REPORT - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 12/15/2008
• Doc Name: 2008 Annual Reclamation Report
• From: Mountain Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2008
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West Elk Mine C-80-007 Mountain Coal Company
mine name permit # Permittee
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Address: P.O. Box 591, Somerset Colorado 81434
This report, required by Rule 2.04.13, is due by February 15 of each year, or other date, as agreed upon by the
Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any other reclamation monitoring
data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported under each land status category and
year of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately identified on a map included with the report.
Last Years Cumulative
Land Status Category
Total
This Calendar Year
Cumulative Total
Acres disturbed 402.25 + 12.00 = 414.25
Acres backfilled and graded 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45
Areas topsoiled 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45
Seeding typically begins the minimum I0-year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for
each catevorv below. Do not include acres that have achieved final, Phase III release.
Last Years This Cumulative 10 years or Greater than
Cumulative Calendar Total , less 10 years'
Total year
Acres seeded* 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45 = 63.45 + 0
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 414.25 and the total number of acres:
Phase I release 20.5 Phase II release NA Phase III release NA
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilitiesZ 422.25 (MR-347)
Acreage in active mining areas3 270.00 (Mine Site and Sylvester Gulch)
'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved)
2Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and collector ditches,
water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas; office area, repair shops, and
parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine
. waste impoundments, head-of-hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps
and coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
3Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded