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2.0 MINE PLAN <br />At the time of this writing, Munger Canyon Mine has been reclaimed. The <br />portals have been sealed and backfilled, the ephemeral ditches have been restored <br />and lined with rip rap, the upper portal road has been reclaimed, and the refuse pile <br />has been reclaimed. Permanent seeding is scheduled to be done in September <br />2007. There is a portion of the topsoil pile and coverfill pile that have been left in <br />place and will be used to cover the refuse pile sediment pond when the sediment <br />pond is reclaimed after vegetation cover has been deemed adequate to control <br />erosion. <br />The operator will continue to maintain the Munger site in its reclaimed size <br />and configuration. Munger has been reclaimed as detailed in the permit application. <br />The coal from the Loma Loadout site was excavated and trucked to the <br />Munger mine site where it was backfilled against the highwall as described in <br />Section 3.0. The reclamation of the Loma Loadout and interim reclamation at the <br />Munger mine bench was completed during the fall of 2001. <br />2.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MINING OPERATIONS <br />Mining activities at the Munger Canyon Mine began in 1977 under authority of <br />an exploration permit issued through the USGS. The activities were subsequently <br />permitted through the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Federal <br />Office of Surface Mining. <br />Mining activities in the Cameo Coal seam established a mine that extended <br />about 2,500 feet into the reserve block. The exploration mine revealed that the <br />thickness and quality of the Cameo would not be constant throughout the area. The <br />coal seam pinched from ten feet thick to about five feet thick at the face. Quality of <br />the coal was effected by out of seam dilution in the thinner areas. <br />RN-05 2_~ <br />09/07 <br />