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September 2013 Moffat County Mimn& LLC * Bond Release Application <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />The State of Colorado, through the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR), currently holds <br />a reclamation bond in the amount of $3,612,679 as surety for final reclamation of mining disturbance <br />areas associated with Moffat County Mining, LLC (MCM) Williams Fork Mines near Craig, Colorado. <br />With this application, MCM is requesting: <br />➢ Phase 1 and 2 partial bond release for completion of reclamation, as outlined in the approved <br />Permit document, for the Williams Fork Strip Pit (Phase 1 for Post -Law portion, and Phase 1 and <br />2 for Pre -Law portion) and the Utah Tract (Phase 1 and 2) <br />➢ Phase 1 and 2 partial bond release for sealing, backfilling, regrading, drainage reestablishment, <br />soil replacement, and initial vegetative reestablishment for the No. 5 Mine Portals, the No. 9 <br />Mine Portals, and reclaiming the No. 9 Mine Refuse Disposal Area <br />➢ Phase 1 partial bond release for completion of facilities demolition and site stabilization <br />(backfilling, grading, soil replacement, and reseeding) for a number of buildings and structures <br />reclaimed in 1996 -1998 and 2008 -2009, including; the Women's Bathhouse, Visitor Bathhouse, <br />No. 5 Mine Substation, Men's Bathhouse; Laboratory Trailer and Sample Storage Shed; two <br />rock -dust tanks; the Brazell -Simms Building; the No. 9 Mine Warehouse, Portal Area, and <br />Refuse Disposal Area; the Reclamation Storage Building; and miscellaneous buildings and <br />facilities (Compressor House, Okey -Plaza Well- House, Brazell -Simms Well- House, Old <br />Carpenter Shop, and Guard -Shack and Warehouse fencing). <br />1.1 OPERATOR INFORMATION <br />Moffat County Mining, LLC is the permittee of record for the Williams Fork Mines and the applicant <br />under this bond release application. MCM's corporate address is: <br />Moffat County Mining, LLC <br />701 Market Street <br />St. Louis, Missouri 63101 <br />(314) 342 -3400 <br />As an inactive mine, administrative and permitting matters for the Williams Fork Mines are <br />coordinated by the Peabody Energy — Colorado Operations Environmental Staff, located at: <br />Moffat County Mining, LLC <br />29515 Routt County Road 27 <br />Oak Creek, Colorado 80467 <br />(970) 870 -2712 <br />2 <br />