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1.3 Background Information <br />The following section describes the known reclamation procedures utilized on each individual unit at <br />Snowcap. Portions of the Cameo Refuse Disposal Area's (RDA) No. 1 and No. 2 were initially seeded in <br />July and December of 1994 with subsequent seeding efforts on the remaining areas in April, 2002. The <br />1994 revegetated portions of CRDA No. 1 and No. 2 were estimated at 12.1 and 12.0 acres, respectively, <br />with about 14.8 and 20.2 acres revegetated in 2002, respectively. The South Fan Area is comprised of a <br />little more than an acre of moderately sloping revegetation that has a predominately western aspect. <br />This area (East unit and West Borrow unit) was graded, seeded and mulched in the fall of 2000. The No. <br />2 West Portals Area is comprised of four small units that total less than an acre. These are areas of <br />gentle to moderately sloping revegetation that have a predominately western aspect and were graded, <br />seeded and mulched in the fall of 2000 (with one of the four areas completed in the fall of 2001). Two of <br />the four areas received supplemental seeding in October 2005. Approximately 2.5 acres of the Cameo <br />Borrow Area No.1 was hydro- seeded in 1994 with Seed Mix 10 and another 0.2 acres were seeded in <br />April of 2002 with Seed Mix 13 Upland. The North Decline Mine Dewatering System, Cameo Borrow Area <br />No.2, and Cameo Topsoil Piles were hydro - seeded in April of 2002 with Seed Mix 13 Upland. In <br />November of 2002, Seed Mix 13 Upland was used to: 1) hand -seed the Substation B area; 2) hydro -seed <br />the Roadside RDA and Roadside South Portal Upper Diversion Ditch; and 3) drill -seed the North Portal <br />Facilities and Roadside Refuse Borrow Area. The Revegetation History Table on the following page <br />identifies each unit, the year of reclamation, any known reclamation procedures, seed mixes, and the <br />corresponding reference area that revegetation will be compared to. <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page 6 Snowcap - Phase III Bond Release <br />Evaluation - 2012 <br />