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i <br />southern reclaim limit. The dragline finished re-grade of the 2009 West Pit reclaim area in <br />late August. <br />After final grading of the area was complete, approximately 1500 feet of the rock lined <br />Taylor Tributary Ditch was constructed in the valley bottom of the draw using a track hoe <br />and D6 dozer to shape previously tail dumped piles of competent material into a ditch (see <br />photos # 3 and # 4). After the ditch was built, two scrapers along with various dozers <br />spread an average of 8 inches of topsoil over the regraded acreage (see photo # 5). A <br />John Deere tractor pulling a seed drill and broadcaster drill-seeded most areas of the <br />reclaim with the exception of some areas, which were deemed too steep to reach by <br />machine. These areas were subsequently hand seeded using broadcasters. After seeding <br />was complete, the acreage was ripped on contour using a D6 dozer and contour furrows <br />were put in place to minimize erosion and increase stability of the newly reclaimed area. <br />Please see photos # 6 and # 7 which depicts the completed 2009 West Pit Reclamation <br />Area. <br />The 2009 East Pit Reclamation posed different challenges for Colowyo due to the fact that <br />portions of two final rock ditches needed to be constructed in comparison to the West Pit's <br />single ditch. Colowyo solved this dilemma by working its way from east to west <br />concurrently constructing the rock-lined ditches along with final re-grade and topsoil lay <br />down. <br />Various dozers were utilized to grade the entire area to final PMT in August of 2009 (see <br />photo # 8). Once the area was graded to final PMT, various 170 ton haul trucks hauled and <br />dumped topsoil along the western reclamation border as well as into planned locations <br />throughout the regraded area (see photos # 9 and # 10). The two east pit rock lined <br />ditches were constructed in the same method as in the west pit see (photo # 11). Scrapers <br />were used to move the large haul truck topsoil piles into smaller piles throughout the <br />regraded area where dozers were then able to spread topsoil over the entire regraded <br />region (see photo # 12). The same John Deere tractor used in the West Pit dill seeded the <br />complete expanse of the final reclamation in the East Pit (see photo # 13). Please see <br />photo # 14 for the completed East Pit Reclamation Area. <br />n conclusion, Colowyo safely and successfully completed 83.3 acres of reclamation for <br />'.009. This acreage eclipsed the originally submitted acreage number of 77. This particular <br />eclamation required enormous efforts and cooperation from both machinery and the entire <br />,olowyo workforce. Special recognition goes to the 102 dragline as it moved the vast <br />najority of regrade spoil material in the West Pit with only minor assistance from a few <br />lozers in touching up the area. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the 2009 <br />Reclamation efforts is that they were performed without a single accident. <br />ie deliberate, positive, and safe approach to the reclamation of mined lands at the <br />>lowyo Coal Mine is an exemplary example of its commitment to the goals and objectives <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.