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• <br />TAB 17 <br />RECLAMATION SCHEDULE <br />Introduction <br />Tab 17 contains the timetable for each major phase of the reclamation plan and projected <br />reclamation schedules for the Hayden Gulch loadout facility permit area. Additional <br />information regarding the timing of reclamation activities may be found in the tabs which <br />discuss the various components of the reclamation plan. For example, seeding periods are <br />specifically discussed in Tab 20, Revegetation Plan. <br />The current limits of disturbance within the permit area are shown on Exhibit 17-1. No <br />additional land disturbances associated with operation of the loadout facility are <br />contemplated at this time. However, an additional 8.4 acres may be disturbed during <br />reclamation to accommodate grading activities (these acres are included in the total <br />number of disturbed acres). Operations are expected to commence June, 1993, and continue <br />indefinitely. Because of the potential for new coal markets in the future, the exact <br />closing date and dates of final reclamation can not be predicted. However, Hayden Gulch <br />Terminal, Inc. will complete all reclamation activities in accordance with the Regulations <br />of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining in a contemporaneous manner <br />following permanent closure of the facility. <br />Timing of Reclamation Activities <br />A generalized timetable of reclamation activities is shown in Figure 17-1. The timetable <br />depicts the sequence and timing of each major phase of reclamation. Precise specification <br />of the timing of each reclamation phase is not possible for the following reasons: 1) <br />variables such as manpower and equipment availability, weather conditions and season, and <br />the availability of materials and supplies affect the progress of facilities removal, <br />grading, topsoiling, and seeding in the disturbance area; and 2) initiation of reclamation <br />activities is dependent upon when during the year operations are terminated, and timing of <br />subsequent activities in the reclamation process are affected by when initial grading and <br />facilities removal is completed. <br /> Site clearing and topsoil salvage operations have been completed (the coal handling <br /> facilities were constructed from Fall 1977 to 1979); however, additional topsoil salvage <br /> will be required prior to final backfilling and grading as described in Tab 19. No <br /> MR-17 1 Revised 11/07 <br />