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RULE 2 PERMITS
<br />Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC, is the permit applicant and mine operator for the Colowyo
<br />Mine (Colowyo). The general office is located at 5731 State Highway 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641;
<br />telephone number (970) 824-1200. Colowyo's Employer Identification Number is 87-0522903.
<br />Colowyo's Mine Safety and Health Adminstration (MSHA) identification number is 05-02962 and it was
<br />issued on October 1, 1976.
<br />The duly Authorized Representative for Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC is Barbara Walz, Chief
<br />Compliance Officer for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. The resident agent for
<br />Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC is Ken Reif, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, 110 W.
<br />116`h Avenue, Westminster, CO 80234,(303)254-3184.
<br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. will remit all required AML fees.
<br />The current officers and directors of Colowyo Coal Company L.P., Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation,
<br />LLC, and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. are included in Exhibit 2, Volume 2A.
<br />The legal or equitable owners of record of the property to be mined or affected by surface operations and
<br />facilities incidental thereto are:
<br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway 13, Meeker, CO 81641
<br />State of Colorado, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 620, Denver, CO, 80203,
<br />Bureau of Land Management, 455 Emerson Street, Craig, CO, 81625,
<br />The legal or equitable owner of record of the coal to be mined is the United States of America, the State
<br />of Colorado, and Guy and Holmes Shefstead, P.O. box 608, Craig, Colo. 81626
<br />Colowyo is the holder of Federal Coal Leases No. D-034365, C-35874, C-29224, C-29225, C-29226, C-
<br />0123475, C-0123476, COC -68590. Colowyo is also the holder of State of Colorado Coal Lease 257-13S.
<br />The surface and mineral ownership in the permit and adjacent areas is graphically shown on the Surface
<br />Ownership Map (Map 1) and the Coal Ownership Map (Map 2) and the information found in Exhibit 1,
<br />Documents and Leases.
<br />Colowyo is the only holder of record of any leasehold interest in the property to be mined or to be
<br />affected by surface operations and facilities incidental thereto. There are no other holders of record of
<br />any leasehold interests for areas located within the property boundary.
<br />There is no pending purchaser of record of any surface or mineral estate under a real estate contract for
<br />areas located within the permit boundary.
<br />Information regarding the internal Permit area and contiguous surface and subsurface ownership may be
<br />found in Exhibit 1, Item 11.
<br />2.03.5 Compliance Information
<br />None of Colowyo, any subsidiary, affiliate, or persons controlled by or under common control with
<br />Colowyo has: (a) had a federal or state mining permit for surface coal mining operations suspended or
<br />revoked in the five years previous to the date of this application; or (b) forfeited a mining bond or similar
<br />security deposited in lieu of bond.
<br />Rule 2 Permits 2.03-6 Revision Date: 5/25/16
<br />Revision No.: MR -154
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