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The results obtained from this monitoring effort are contained in the attached report <br />entitled Revegetation Monitoring Report for Reclaimed Areas Sampled in 2011 on the <br />Western Fuels - Colorado LLC - New Horizon NH2 Mine. Two Irrigated Pasture <br />Reclaimed Areas were studied for final bond release in 2011, including the previously <br />sampled Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed IP -4 Area containing 44.10 acres and the Irrigated <br />Pasture Reclaimed Area IP -3 - Phase III containing 95 acres. The 2011 revegetation <br />monitoring effort represented the second year of final bond release sampling on the <br />Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed IP -4 Area and the first year of final bond release sampling on <br />the Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP -3 Phase III tract. <br />The second year's plant cover data for the IP -4 Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area are <br />found in Appendix 1 - Table 5, Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP - 3 - Plant Cover <br />found on page 21 of the 2011 report. Plant cover data collected from the IP -4 Irrigated <br />Pasture Reclaimed Area in the 2011 revegetation monitoring effort showing the percent <br />absolute cover by species, rock, bare ground, litter, and relative cover are found in <br />Appendix 1 - Table 5, Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP - 4 - 2011 Plant Cover found <br />on page 18 of the 2011 report. "Total and allowable plant cover" both averaged 88.93 <br />percent. According to the sample adequacy equation found in Rule 4.15.11(2)(a), resulted <br />in sample adequacy at the 90 percent confidence level, for "allowable plant cover" being <br />achieved with 0.2 transects and 15 transects were sampled. <br />The first year's plant cover data for the Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed IP -4 Area Phase III <br />Area are found on Appendix 1 - Table 7, Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP - 4 (SL - 12) <br />- 2011 Plant Cover found on page 20 of the 2011 report. The plant cover sampling <br />showing the percent absolute cover by species, rock, bare ground, litter, and relative cover <br />for the for the IP -4 Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area are found in Appendix 1 - Table 7, <br />Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP - 4 (SL - 12) - 2011 Plant Cover found on page 20 of <br />the 2011 report. "Allowable plant cover" averaged 86.80 percent. According to the <br />sample adequacy equation found in Rule 4.15.11(2)(a), sample adequacy at the 90 percent <br />confidence level, for "allowable plant cover" was achieved with 0.7 transects and 15 <br />transects were sampled. <br />The plant cover data for the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area obtained from the 2011 <br />sampling are found on Appendix 1 - Table 4, Irrigated Pasture Reference Area - Plant <br />Cover found on page 17 of the 2011 report. The data relative to the percent absolute <br />cover by species, rock, bare ground, litter and relative cover for the for the IP -4 Irrigated <br />Pasture Reclaimed Area are found in Appendix 1 - Table 3, Irrigated Pasture Reference <br />Area - Plant Cover of the 2011 report. "Allowable plant cover" averaged 70.53 percent. <br />According to the sample adequacy equation found in Rule 4.15.11(2)(a), sample adequacy <br />at the 90 percent confidence level, for "total plant cover" was achieved with 2.7 transects <br />and 15 transects were sampled. <br />Second years' production sampling data of the Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area (IP -3) are <br />found in Appendix 1 -Table 6, Irrigated Pasture Reclaimed Area IP -4 - Production, <br />SL -14 03DEC12.wpd 47 <br />