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HAUL ROAD CERTIFICATION <br />The haul road which provides access to the surface facilities of the mine has <br />been certified by Don May, P.E. This certification is included in Appendix 10(2). <br />STEEP CUT SLOPE CERTIFICATION <br />The steep cut slope located just south of the shop area has been certified by <br />Don May, P.E. This certification is included in Appendix 10(3). <br />DESIGNED STRUCTURES <br />All designed hydraulic and waste pile structures located within the permit <br />area have been designed by Don May, P.E., and are included in Appendix 10 and <br />Appendix 11. <br />SURFACE OPERATIONS - COAL FINES <br />Conveyor belt transported coal arrived at the surface for crushing, screening, <br />storage, and truck loading. The processing of coal was part of the operation of the <br />surface areas of the King I Mine. Four products were prepared for customer use. <br />They were lump coal (6 inches plus), stoker coal (1 x 1/4 inch), nut coal (3 x 1 inch), <br />and mine run coal (2 inch minus). <br />In the processing of these coals, fines were created (1/4 inch minus), by <br />crushing and screening. These fines were mixed with mine run coal and sold. Coal <br />fines were not stored on the surface in large amounts before being mixed with the <br />mine run and sold. Of the processed product, about 10% to 15% of the coal is fines. <br />Mine run, stoker, and lump coal was stored in stockpile areas shown on Map <br />King I-007. Mine run storage may have amounted to 20,000 tons. Storage hoppers <br />or bins on the surface whose individual capacities did not exceed 50 tons, did not <br />permit enclosed stockpiling of all the coal produced. Open stockpiling was <br />necessary, but large stockpiles were undesirable because of the potential of <br />spontaneous combustion of the coal. Care was taken to keep the coal from being <br />scattered. This was not only advantageous from the standpoint of controlling <br />erosion of the pile but also contamination with spoil materials. <br />No additional cut and fill work will be required for the King I Mine. <br />SURFACE DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION <br />Reclamation of the permit area is covered in Section 2.05.4. The entire <br />disturbed area was required for coal operations - all space was utilized. Plans for <br />abandonment of the mine are discussed in Section 2.05.4. <br />Surface drainage patterns through the permit area and the up-slope areas are <br />shown on Map King I-007. Details of the diversion channels and piping systems are <br />discussed in Section 2.05.6 and Appendix 11. <br />Approximately .36 acres of the disturbed area lies below the sediment ponds. <br />Runoff from this area tends to collect and drain along the access road bypassing the <br />sediment ponds. Alternate sediment control measures are being used in this area. <br />These measures consist of the use of rock check dams, rock filters and gravel <br />surface. This area is too small and too flat to run a SEDCAD demonstration. <br />Therefore, GCC Energy, LLC commits to sampling any discharge from this area for <br />Total Settable Solids. This runoff flows into the Hay Gulch meadow. Small Area <br />Exemption # 1 has been approved by the Division regarding this area. <br />GCC Energy, LLC King I Mine <br />Section 2.05.3 <br />Page 3 August 1, 2012 <br />FAN -M <br />app no ved <br />