2013-01-30_REPORT - C1981041 (2)

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Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. -2- 2012 Annual Reclamation Report Total Roadside South Portal Mine Facilities, Stockpile /Prep Plant Area, Cony 14.0 Tunnel Under 1 -70, and Pond 8 (No. 29 Below) (Ph Ill release on 13.5 acres in 2010) Roadside South Portal Road to Old Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 30 Below) 1.9 Railroad Loop Track - South of 1 9/10 Road (No. 31 Below) 0.3 (Ph III release on 0.3 acres in 2009) Cameo Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 Road (No. 32 Below) 1.2 Unit Train Load -out, Railroad Loop Track/Conveyor Corridor & Roads 66.7 (No. 33 Below) (Ph III release on 66.7 acres in 2011) Haul Road #3 at UTL (No. 33 below) (Ph III release on 0.9 acres in 2011 - previously listed as permanently disturbed acres) 0.9 Cameo Refuse Disposal Area No 1 & 2 Sediment Ponds (6 & 10) 2.4 229.6 Areas Permanently disturbed are as follows: Description Access Road to No. 2 West Portals (No. 21 Below) 3.8 Haul Roads to CRDA 1, 2 and 3 3.4 Access Road #2 (Through North Decline) 0.4 Coal Creek Realignment (No. 34 Below) 0.8 Coal Gulch Realignment (No. 20 Below) 1.4 North Portal Upper Diversion Ditch (No. 22 Below) 1.4 Top Soil Pile #2 (remnant) (No. 22 Below) 0.3 Total 11.5 Acres Disturbed by Mining Activities Less Previously Reclaimed Areas Less Permanently Disturbed Areas Equals Remaining Reclamation Acres 241.7 229.6 11.5 0.6 (c) Area backfilled and graded - 5.9 acres during 2012 (0.3 acres at CBA #1 Sump; 2.0 acres at North Portal Pond 13, old diversion ditch /flume and topsoil pile #1; 1.2 acres at CBA #2 Pond 11; and 2.4 acres at CRDA 1 & 2 - Ponds 6 & 10). 3.9 acres were approved in PR -5 to remain as permanently disturbed acres (0.8 acres at Coal Creek, 1.4 acres at Coal Gulch, 1.4 acres at North Portal Upper Diversion Ditch and 0.3 acres at the remnant of Top Soil Pile #2.) Also, 3.7 acres of previously reclaimed surface area was re- disturbed during the final reclamation of the aforementioned temporary sedimentation control features for access, final drainage designs, etc. (d) Area Top - soiled - 5.2 acres during 2012. (e) Area Seeded - 9.6 acres during 2012. 5.9 initial reclaimed acres and 3.7 re- disturbed acres were seeded during 2012 with seed mix shown on Table 14 -8, Upland Components (seed mix tag attached). Whitetop was treated in April, using Curtail, at the Roadside South Borrow Area & reclaimed upper diversion ditch, Pond 9, reclaimed water tank area at South