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2.05.4 - RECLAMATION PLAN ABANDONMENT OF THE MINE: REMOVAL OF SURFACE FACILITIES The following mine facilities and structures have been removed or demolished: • Mine portal facilities, shown on Map King I-007, have been torn down. The foundations, steel, and other non -woody material were pushed against the highwalls and covered by at least 4 feet of fill and plant growth medium as detailed elsewhere in this section. Woody material and miscellaneous trash and debris were disposed of by Waste Management, Inc. • The Tipple Building was only a "snow shed", of pole barn construction, essentially a tin -covered wooden roof held up by several steel posts. This 60'x 65' structure has no walls and is 1 foot thick. • The Tipple Shed measures 16'x 44'x 8', and was a wooden post and beam construction. • The Main Conveyor Portal Shed was very similar in construction to the Tipple Shed. This shed measures about 12'x 20'x 8'. • The Tipple Bin measured about 15' x 25' 50' and was entirely constructed of steel beams and bolted plate. • The Mine Fan was a prefabricated coal mine ventilation fan assembly made up of three main parts. The fan was basically a 6' diameter skid mounted cylinder about 16' long which unbolts from the fan housing. The fan housing was a 5' diameter metal culvert which extends for several feet underground to connect the fan to the mine workings. Adjacent to the fan housing was the escape airlock unit which was a steel box with two sets of airlock doors. This steel box measured about 6'x 8'x 8'. • The Main Conveyor was elevated about 7' high and extended about 40 feet from the mine portal, discharging into the Tipple Bins area. The structure measured about 5' wide by 4' high. • The Stacker Conveyor extended about 300' from the Tipple Bins area to Stacker Tower #1, supported about midway by Stacker Tower #2. • Stacker Tower #1 was a 50' tall conveyor support tower of steel beam construction. It measures 16'x 16' at the base and tapers to 10'x 10' at the top, with a total volume of 8900 W. • Stacker Tower #2 was a 25' tall conveyor support tower of steel beam construction. It measures 8.5'x 16' at the base and tapers to 8.5'x 5.5' at the top, with a total volume of 2284 W. GCC Energy, LLC Section 2.05.4 Page 1 King I Mine July 11, 2017 (RN -07)