2009-04-20_REPORT - C1980006 (3)

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energy fuels coal, inc. Southfield mine • post office box 459 • florence, colorsdo 81226 • (719) 784-6395 April 15, 2009 Ms. Janet Binns Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street - Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: 2008 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) Kerr Coal Company - Marr Mine and Loadout Permit No. C-80-006 Dear Ms. Binns: The letter report represents the Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) for the year 2008 for the Kerr (Marr) Mine & Loadout site located near Walden, Colorado. The following summarizes site maintenance and reclamation activities that occurred at the Marr Mine and at the associated Loadout during the year 2008: Kerr relinquished the federal coal lease for the northern portion of the mine property (north of County Road 12E) in July of 2002. Active mining and related activity was suspended and final reclamation activities-were initiated in early 1993. Final reclamation of most mine disturbance areas was completed during the period from 1993 through 1996. Disturbance areas reclaimed in 1999 - 2000 included the Loadout Area, a portion of the shop/warehouse facilities pad and the former powder magazine area, soil stockpile area and associated road. All areas reclaimed in 1999, except the Loadout, were initially seeded to the annual rye mulch crop followed by the permanent revegetation seeding in 2000. The Loadout was seeded to the permanent revegetation seed mixture in 1999 but due to poor response of the seeding, the Loadout was re-seeded with the permanent mix again in the fall of 2000. Maintenance and repairs for 2008 are described in this report. As part of Kerr's regular site maintenance activities, surface water control structures were inspected. Any concerns noted by the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS), in their regular site inspection reports were considered. Based on inspection, the surface water control structures were found to be generally in good condition. The repairs or maintenance activities completed in 2008 consisted of completing the temporary repair to the Pond "D" Stand Pipe that had previously leaked (April '08) around the base of the Stand Pipe. During October, the base of the pipe was excavated & cleaned, a form was installed and concert was mixed & poured around the base of the pipe up to the elevation of the horizontal drain pipe. The pipe base & concrete was backfilled and the rip-rap was replaced.