2011-03-14_REPORT - C1981008 ‎(15)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/14/2011
• Doc Name: 2010 Annual Reclamation Report
• From: Western Fuels Colorado
• To: DRMS
• Permit Index Doc Type: Annual Reclamation Report
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety Standardized Report Form
Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2010
New Horizon Mine C-81-008 Western Fuels Colorado, LLC
Mine name permit # Permittee
Address: P.O. Box 628 / 27646 W. 5th St Nucla, CO 81424
+Division. It should include text, discussion, and maps, at a minimum, in addition to any other reclamation monitoring
data as required by the approved permit. The location of the acreage reported under each land status category and year
of seeding (if applicable) should be clearly and accurately identified on a map included with the report.

Land Status Category Last Years Cumulative
Total This Calendar Year Cumulative Total
655.35NH2 + 73.71 NH1 20.2 NH2 + 0.0 NH1 = 749.26
Acres disturbed = 729.06 20.2
436.07NH2+73.71NH1 13.8NH2 + 0.0 NH1 = 523.58
Acres backfilled and graded = 509.78 13.8
392.17NH2 + 73.71NH1 13.1 NH2 + 0.0 NH1 = 478.98
Acres topsoiled = 465.88 13.1
Seeding typically begins the minimum 10-year reclamation liability period. Please report the acres for each category
below. Do not include acres that have achieved final, Phase III release.
Last Years
Cumulative This Calendar Cumulative Total 10 years or Greater than
Total year ' less 10 years'
319.91 NH2+ 0.0 NH2 + 0.0 225.89(NH2) + 191.32 (NH2)
73.71 NH1 = NH1= 0.0 465.98 0.0(NH1)= +73.71(NH1)
Acres seeded* 465.98 225.89 = 265.03
*include, if necessary, a description of any augmented seeding or cultural practices
For the Entire Life of Mine, the total number of acres disturbed 749.26 and the total number of acres:
Phase I released 364.74(NH2)+314.10(NH1)=678.84
Phase III released 215.50 (NH1)
Phase II released 300.03(NH2)+283.45(NH1)=583.48
For Mines in Permanent Cessation:
Total acreage in facilities subject to reclamation but yet to be completed NA
For Government Performance and Results Act
Acreage in long-term mining or reclamation facilities 2 89.3
Acreage in active mining areas 3 119.10
'(exclude acres where Phase I I I release has been achieved)
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2 Includes haul and access roads; temporary dams and impoundments; permanent dams and impoundments; diversion and collector
ditches, water and air monitoring sites; topsoil stockpiles; overburden stockpiles; repair, storage and construction areas; office area,
repair shops, and parking; coal stockpiles, loading, and processing areas; railroads; coal conveyors; refuse piles and coal mine waste •
impoundments; head-of-hollow fills; valley fills; ventilation shafts and entryways; and noncoal waste disposal area (garbage dumps and
coal combustion by-products disposal areas).
3 Includes pits, topsoil stripped areas in advance of pits, and spoil not backfilled and graded