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Energy Fuels Coal Inc. Application for Bond Release — October 2015 As documented in the DRMS written findings for SL -01, 14.5 acres of reclaimed area was Phase I bond released in 1997. An additional 3.2 acres were occupied by sediment ponds L-1 and L-2. These ponds were regraded and re -seeded in 2014. The pond areas are not subject to the ten-year revegetation liability period because they are areas of former sediment control structures. An additional area of 0.7 acres for the railroad tracks that bisect the Loadout area brings the total acreage under EFCI liability at the Loadout to 18.4 acres. As documented in the DRMS written findings for SL -02, the Southfield Mine is divided into 11 distinct reclamation areas as shown on Exhibit A of the findings. These areas further described as follows; • portal and facilities area • coal stockpile area • Ponds 1 and 2 basins including the bone yard • explosives bunker area • reclaimed Newlin Creek topsoil stockpile • roadside topsoil stockpile area • borrow area, topsoil stockpile area, and subsoil stockpile area (adjacent to RDA) • rock dust storage tank • Pond 3 area • south fan area (at end of Monarch fan permanent road) • refuse pile (RDA) Collectively, these areas comprise 68.6 acres, which were Phase I bond released (DRMS SL -02 findings, April 2003). These acres do not include an additional 10.4 acres of permanent structures that were also released from bond liability in SL -02. Please see Appendix L for a copy of the SL -02 approval map showing the reclaimed areas which were Phase I bond released. SL -03 Request for Phase I Bond Release Please refer to the Southfield Acreage Table in Appendix K. In the third column of this table the Phase I acreage status is detailed for all of the mine and loadout areas. At the top of the column, highlighted in yellow, 12.8 acres remain to be Phase I bond released. For this application, EFCI requests Phase I bond release for 9 acres. Those areas are highlighted in the third column in green. These areas are generally described as the Loadout pond areas, the substation reclaimed area, the road to the Corley well, and permanent ponds 4 and 5. Excluded are 3.8 acres of areas which are not eligible for Phase I release at this time. SL -03 Request for Phase II Bond Release Please refer to the Southfield Acreage Table in Appendix K. In the fourth column of this table the Phase II acreage status is detailed for all of the mine areas. At the top of the column, highlighted in yellow, 106.3 acres remain to be Phase II bond released. For this application, EFCI requests Phase II bond release for 102 acres. Those areas are highlighted in the fourth column in green. Excluded are 4.3 acres of areas which are not eligible for Phase II release at this time. Site maps are included in Appendix E for the Mine site and the Loadout Area. Maps specific to other technical data, written findings, and reports are included in their respective Appendices. Appendix I includes the 2014 Annual Reclamation Report which provides a comprehensive history of the reclamation management measures taken over the last 12 years. Surety Release No. 3 (SL -03) Southfield Mine