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2. Alfalfa conVol monitoringlWadge Pasture grazing (Appendix 13-4) <br />3. Annual topsoil balance reporting <br />4. Revegetation monitoring <br />5. Wildlife monitoring (when conducted) <br />6. Results of sediment pond surveys (when conducted) <br />7. As-built designs for stock tanks constructed during the reporting year <br />Testino for Successful Redamation <br />Appendix 13-15, Historical Approaches to Testing for Successful Reclamation, contains standards <br />and approaches that are no longer in effect, but have been retained for historical purposes and as <br />rationale, documentation and reference for the approved procedures cortfained in Appendix 13-13, <br />Vegetation Evaluation Procedures for Testing Reclamation Adequacy for Phase III Bond Relesse, <br />Redamation Schedule <br />• <br />Introduction. Seneca II Mine has been undergoing final redamation for a number of years and is ready to • <br />apply for Phase I bond release. TR-37 (03/05) updates the cunenl status of the lands prior to the submittal <br />of the bond release appliption. The following paragraphs present a discussion of the plans and methods <br />used to bring the disturbed mine area to current conditions. <br />This section presents a timetable for each major phase of the redamation plan and projected redamatiori <br />schedules for the Seneca II Mine permit area and lands under support fadlities and structures. Facilities <br />such as roads and sediment ponds that an: not approved as elements of the postmining land use plan must <br />be scheduled for redamation. Additional information regarding the timing of reclamation activities may be <br />found in Tabs 9, 12, and other parts of 13, which discuss the various components of the redamation plan. <br />Exhibit 13-2 illustrates the backfilling and grading schedule. <br />Timing of Redamation Activities. A generalized timetable of redamation activities is shown in Figure 13-1. <br />The timetable outlines the sequence and timing of each major phase of reclamation. It is not possible to <br />specify predsely the timing of each redamation phase for the following masons: (1) variables such as <br />customer demand for coal, coal quality, overburden characteristics, and manpower and equipment <br />availability affect the rate of progress of mining activities; and (2) variables such as manpower and <br />equipment availability, weather conditions and season, the availability of materials, and the sequence or rate • <br />of mining advance affect the progress of grading, resoiling, and seeding in the mining area. <br />TRIO 13-28 Revised 01/06 <br />