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rI L RULE 2.053 OPERATION PLAN — PERMIT AREA INTRODUCTION The disturbed area within the new Seneca II permit area has been backfilled, graded, and seeded. There are no current mining or disturbance activities ongoing. The new permit area has features/facilities that have previously been approved for permanent retention. These features include: • Permanent Roads • Sediment Pond 008 • Postmine channels • Fenced shrub plot • Miscellaneous livestock/boundary fences The features/facilities listed above are shown on Map 205-M-1, Postmining Topography and Permanent Features. Permanent Roads. There are two (2) roads within the new permit area that are approved for permanent retention — Access Road C and Light -Use South Road. Both roads are continuations of roads that start in the Sage Creek Coal Company permit area and will be used by the SCC, the landowner, and the grazing lessee in the short- and long -term. These roads were approved as permanent features as part of the approval of Technical Revision 37, September 2006. The documentation is contained in the original PAP in Tab 13, Appendix 13 -12. Sediment Pond 008. Pond 008 was approved as a permanent feature as part of the approval of Technical Revision 37, September 2006. This pond meets the criteria of Rule 4.05.9(13) and is deemed suitable for the approved post - mining land use. The documentation is contained in the original PAP in Tab 7, Appendix 7 -6f.4. Postmine Channels. There are a series of postmining channels on the reclaimed area that include: • SIIPM -8 • V- Ditches 1 thru 5, and • SIIPM -13A These channels will become permanent features in the future. See Map 2.05 Ml, Postmining Topography and Permanent Features, for locations and configuration. Fenced Shrub Plot. There is a fenced shrub plot monitored by CSU and DRMS. It is planned that the plot will be maintained and monitored through 2030 by DRMS /CSU. PR -02 2.05.3 -1 06110