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Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. -2- 2008 Annual 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 1-70 (No. 29 Below) <br />Roadside South Portal Road to Old Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 30 Below) 1.9 <br />Total 151.9 <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 151.9 <br />Less Permanently Disturbed Areas 8.5 <br />Equals Remaining Reclamation Acres 81.3 <br />(c) Area back filled and graded - 0.5 Acres during 2008. <br />(d) Area Top-soiled - 0.5 Acres during 2008. <br />(e) Area Seeded - 7.8 Acres during 2008. Approximately 7.3 acres that were <br />backfilled and graded during 2007 was seeded during February and March 2008 <br />with seed mix shown on Table 14-8 (see attached seed mix tag). Approximately <br />0.5 acres was seeded at the "G" Substation location using a modified Table 14-8 <br />seed mix (needle and thread was not available at time of order, so Indian rice <br />grass was increased by 1 lb per acre - see attached seed mix tag). <br />Area Re-Seeded - Less than 0.2 acres was re-seeded during 2008 due to re- <br />disturbance repairs. A small area that was re-disturbed while removing a culvert <br />on CRDA2 was re-seeded with seed mix shown on Table 14-8. (See attached <br />seed mix tag.) <br />Whitetop was treated in April, using Curtail, at the Roadside South reclaimed <br />upper diversion ditch, Conveyor Corridor, UTL, truck scales and South Fan. <br />Russian Knapweed was treated in September, using Curtail, at the UTL and the <br />Overland Conveyor. <br />(f) Areas Seeded up through 2008. (Permanent) <br />Blue Flame Mine - Deleted - Reclamation work was performed voluntarily <br />and therefore not required for this report.