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Phase II <br />Areas <br />Description <br />Property <br />Owners <br />Acreage <br />for This <br />Release <br />Post -Mine <br />Land Use <br />Comments <br />1 <br />Reclaimed <br />irrigated <br />pasture <br />Benson <br />16.2 <br />Irrigated <br />Pasture <br />Northeast of the BB <br />Road & 2700 Road <br />intersection. <br />2 <br />Reclaimed <br />irrigated <br />pasture <br />WFC <br />10.6 <br />Irrigated <br />Pasture <br />Southeast of the BB <br />Road & 2700 Road <br />intersection. <br />Totals <br />26.8 <br />Phase II in: 2008 <br />Phase III, Area 6: <br />Topsoiled in: 2000, 2001, 2002 (pond & ditch areas), 2003 (pond & ditch areas) <br />Seeded in: 2001, 2002 (pond & ditch areas), 2003 (pond & ditch areas) <br />Phase I in: 2002 <br />Phase II in: 2008 <br />Phase III, 5 Avenue <br />Backfilled & graded: 1994, 1995 <br />Grading & graveling: 1996, 2010 <br />16. Reclamation Description: <br />Reclamation of all non -road areas began immediately after mining in each area. Road, <br />pond, and ditch reclamation began once facilities ceased being used. Overburden, <br />subsoil, and topsoil were replaced as part of the approved backfilling and grading plan <br />at the time. As the land topography was returned to the approximate original condition, <br />and topsoiling was completed, revegetation took place using the approved seedmix <br />based each areas approved post mine land us. Seeding took place in the mid -1990s <br />through the early 2000s. Details regarding specific topsoil and seeding times over the <br />areas covered in this bond release application can be found above and on Map R -3. <br />The reclamation of 5 Avenue began in 1994 -95 with backfilling and grading. Initial <br />graveling took place in 1996, this was spotty and incomplete. The final grading and <br />graveling took place in 2010, and Montrose County accepted the road in early 2011. <br />Requested Phase II New Horizon Mine Areas <br />SL -14 03DEC12.wpd <br />10 <br />