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Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2009 <br />West Elk Mine C-1980-007 Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />Mine name Permit # Permittee <br />Address: P.O. Box 591. Somerset. Colorado. 81434 <br />This report, required by Rule 2.04.13, is due by February 15 of each year, or other date, as agreed upon by the <br />Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any other reclamation monitoring <br />data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported under each land status category and <br />year of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately identified on a map included with the report. <br /> <br />Land Status Category Last Years Cumulative <br /> <br />Total <br />This Calendar Year <br />Cumulative Total' <br />Acres disturbed 402.25 + 12.00 = 414.25 <br />Acres backfilled and graded 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45 <br />Areas topsoiled 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45 <br />Seeding typically begins the minimum 10-year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for <br />each category below. Do not include acres that have achieved final, Phase III release. <br /> Last Years This Cumulative 10 years or Greater than <br /> Cumulative Calendar <br />Total , <br />less <br />10 years <br /> Total year <br />Acres seeded* 61.45 + 2.00 = 63.45 = 63.45 + 0 <br />*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices <br />For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 414.25 and the total number of acres: <br />Phase I release 20.5 Phase II release NA Phase III release NA <br />For Mines in Permanent Cessation: <br />Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA <br />For Government Performance and Results Act <br />Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities2 414 <br />Acreage in active mining areas3 270.00 (Mine Site and Sylvester Gulch) <br />'(exclude acres where Phase III release has been achieved) <br />2Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and collector ditches, <br />water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas; office area, repair shops, and <br />parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; nonbackfilled and graded areas of refuse piles, coal mine <br />waste impoundments, head-0f-hollow fills, and valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps <br />and coal combustion by-products disposal areas). <br />3Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded