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2/17/1981 First part of original C81044 permit application submitted by Empire Energy <br /> Corporation for compliance with Colorado's permanent regulatory program <br /> covering existing operations of No. 5 and No. 9 Mines. <br /> 8/14/1981 Second part of original C81044 application submitted as addendum covering <br /> newly issued federal lease, the Empire Tract. Lease covered eastward <br /> expansion of No. 5 Mine, increasing permit area by 681 acres with no new <br /> surface facilities. <br /> 4/14/1982 Third part of original C81044 application submitted proposing 1,552 acre <br /> increase to permit area and an amended plan for the No. 9 Mine. No new <br /> surface facilities were proposed. Final proposed permit acreage comprised <br /> 5,397 acres. <br /> 12/1982 Permit revision application submitted for consolidating information from three <br /> previous submittals into single permit application document, and for additional <br /> mining in No. 5 and in No. 9 Mines. <br /> 9/2/1983 Permit revision granted for consolidated information and for additional mining <br /> in No. 5 Mine, but not for additional mining in No.9. <br /> 4/9/1984 Approval granted to conduct additional mining in No. 9 Mine. <br /> 4/30/1987 Permit Revision application PRO1 submitted for changes in operations: <br /> implementation of longwall system, addition of 5A portal, approximate 430 <br /> acre increase in permit area (Utah Tract);opening a new mine,the No. 6 <br /> Mine (in the E seam,to be accessed through the 5A portal). Permit acreage <br /> increased from 6,176 acres to 6,820 acres. Surface disturbance remained at <br /> 375 acres. No further mining in P seam as No.9 Mine had been sealed. <br /> 1/9/1988 Permit Renewal RNOI approved with operator change from Empire <br /> Energy Corp. to Cyprus Empire Corp. <br /> 2/20/1990 Bond release approved for the 20 acre town loadout in Craig. (SL-01) <br /> 2/28/1994 Permit Renewal RN02 approved. <br /> 8/1995 Mining ceases (entered temporary cessation status 12/3/9S) <br /> 1997 Mine No. S Portals Sealed <br /> 3/22/2000 Permit transferred from Cyprus Empire Corporation to RAG Empire <br /> Corporation, (SOI) <br /> 10/23/2000 Permit Renewal RN03 approved. <br /> 2003 5A Portals sealed <br /> 12/16/2003 Permit Renewal RN04 proposed decision <br /> 1/16/2004 Permit Renewal RN04 proposed decision withdrawn due to insufficient <br /> documentation of the permittee's right-to-enter a portion of the permit area. <br /> 5/27/2004 RAG-EC submitted an application (SO2), for a transfer of ownership to BTU <br /> Empire Corporation (BTU EC). <br /> 8/17/2004 BTU EC enters into legal proceeding against landowner of property with the <br /> disputed right-of-entry concerns. <br /> 1/4/2006 Resolution of legal proceedings with landowner filed with Moffat County <br /> Clerk and Recorder. <br /> 1/25/2006 Copies of legal resolution provided to CDMG. <br /> Williams Fork Mines C1981044 -3- 2 March 2021 <br /> Mid Term Review 8 <br />