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VI. Use of Explosives — Rule 4.08 <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil — Rule 4.09 <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste — Rule 4.11 <br />There will be no coal mine waste generated by the proposed operations at the Loadout. <br />Crushing and sizing operations will be conducted at the Loadout ; however, all coal will be <br />loaded 4 trains 1 a transported from th to <br />1VUUeU JIIl J lralils or tracks and UCU1J LGU 11V111 1116 site. <br />IX. Backfilling and Grading <br />Backfilling and grading is discussed under Tabs 17, 18, and 23 of the permit application. <br />Backfilling and grading operations will return the disturbed area associated with the Loadout <br />to the approved post- mining topography within one year after the year in which operations <br />cease. <br />The TAHR was originally included in the Seneca II -W permit (C -1982 -057). The acreage is <br />separate from the backfill and grading schedule and reclamation schedule due to the current <br />uncertain fate of the road, which is due in part to potential future mining in western Routt <br />County that could require the use of the road. In addition, Routt County has expressed <br />interest in retaining the road as a future county road. The road is currently approved to <br />remain in place until year 2030. <br />X. Revegetation <br />Vegetation baseline information can be found in Tab 10 with plant community types <br />identified on Exhibit 10 -1 of the application. Revegetation plan information and methods to <br />be utilized in determinations of revegetation success are addressed in Tab 20 and Exhibit 18- <br />1. <br />Post operational revegetation plans correspond with existing and surrounding vegetative <br />communities. Dryland cropping of small grains, dryland pasture, improved pasture, and <br />native rangelands exist both on the permit area and in the general vicinity of the loadout. <br />Soils associated with the Dry Creek drainage tend to be alkaline clay loams and loams. <br />Plant species found in the area are adapted to saline and alkaline conditions. <br />Approximately 70 acres were revegetated with a temporary seed mix in 1995 following <br />construction of the loadout and rail loop facilities. Plant species present in the revegetated <br />areas include intermediate wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, western wheatgrass, slender <br />wheatgrass, Russian wildrye, timothy, alfalfa, and yellow sweet clover. <br />Hayden Gulch Loadout 27 November 22, 2011 <br />