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portal 5 facilities area and hauled by truck to the coal processing waste pile in the No. 9 Mine <br />portal area. <br />Control of Mine Water and Surface Runoff. Mine water and surface runoff are handled in a <br />series of ditches and ponds. Eagle No. 5 Mine water and No. 6 Mine water is collected in a mine <br />sump and pumped to the surface in the 7 North Angle well. From the well, the water passes <br />through two-ponds, 9P-2 and 9P-3, and then is discharged into the Williams Fork River. <br />Disturbed area drainage is controlled by ponds, except for those areas where small area <br />exemptions have been approved. <br />Removal of Topsoil and Overburden. In advance of any mine disturbance, brush is cleared and <br />topsoil is removed and salvaged. Stockpiles are shaped and seeded to establish vegetation for <br />protection from wind and water erosion. <br />Summary of the Reclamation Plan <br />Reclamation Currently Completed The following Reclamation has been completed: <br />a). Craig Loadout - A coal loadout in the nearby town of Craig was previously permitted as <br />an auxiliary loading facility. This loadout received complete bond release on February <br />21, 1990 via SL-01 and is no longer a part of the permit. <br />b) Williams Fork Strip Pit No. 2 - The permittee reclaimed the Williams Fork Strip Pit No. <br />2 during 1987. The Reclamation plan for Strip Pit No. 2 is in Exhibit 24 of the permit <br />application. <br />c) Bath Houses and Electric Substation - During 1996-1998, the permittee removed the <br />women's and visitors bathhouses (south of the training center) and the substation above <br />the former No. 5 portals. <br />d) BTUEC did complete some reclamation and demolition in the spring of 2008. The <br />buildings that were demolished include the compressor house, old shop, Oaky Plaza <br />well shop, No. 9 warehouse, B&S shop, bathhouse, Guard shack and fence, lab trailer <br />and sample building, well house by B&S shop, little shed south of Wise Hill portal, old <br />carpenter shop and contractor staging area, old (AML) mine site, rock dust tank #1 and <br />rock dust tank #2. All of these areas were regarded, the topsoil was replaced, where <br />possible, and the areas were seeded with the rangeland seed mix. The demolition <br />debris was buried in the solid waste disposal area on the east side of Colorado highway <br />13, by the waste disposal area. The solid waste disposal area was permitted through <br />Technical Revision 34. <br />Reclamation Status of Eagle No. 9 Mine. The Reclamation plan for surface disturbances of the <br />No. 9 Mine is contained in Section 2.05.4 of the permit application. <br />Reclamation Plan. Upon permanent cessation of mining activities, or when features are no <br />longer required, all surface-disturbed lands will be reclaimed. No. 5 Portals were permanently <br />sealed and partially backfilled in 1997. A portion of the No. 5 Portal face-up was graded to final <br />contours in January 2004. Topsoil application and seeding with the permanent seed mix <br />Eagle Mine Complex I 1 Permit Renewal 05 <br />C-1981-044 May 22, 2009