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The Division approved Permit Revision No. 4, on February 3, 2009. With the approval of permit <br /> revision no. 4,the Unit Train Loadout(UTL)facility and a portion of the railroad spur and overland <br /> conveyor corridor, north of I 9/10 Road, were converted from "Fish and Wildlife Habitat" to <br /> "Industrial or Commercial" for the UTL area. The land use change allowed for long term post- <br /> mine use of the loadout area and various associated facilities for rail loading, unloading, and <br /> storage of construction materials. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Halliburton) purchased the <br /> UTL facility from SCC and continues to use the loadout as an industrial site. The entire UTL <br /> facility has since been Phase III bond released and removed from the permit area. <br /> At the South Mine, located south and east of I-70, the South Portal has been sealed, the coal <br /> processing plant and various other facilities have been demolished and removed. Earthwork, and <br /> revegetation at the South Portal facilities has been completed and the refuse disposal area has been <br /> fully reclaimed. Final reclamation plans for the South Portal facilities were modified by Permit <br /> Revision No. 3 (PR-3), approved in September 2007. PR-3 incorporated a variance from <br /> approximate original contour (AOC), and allowed for retention of certain buildings and facilities <br /> in order to accommodate a commercial post-mining land use. The mine portals, the former <br /> warehouse and shop facilities, the preparation plant/raw coal storage area, the lab/training <br /> facilities, and the equipment and material storage area atop the refuse pile have been Phase III <br /> bond released. All remaining areas at the South Portals and vicinity, have had a Phase I bond <br /> release including the side slopes of the Roadside South Refuse Disposal Area, RSRDA Borrow <br /> Area, and upper diversion ditches. <br /> SL5 was approved September 9, 2009. SL5 approved Phase I, II and III bond release for the <br /> Overland Conveyor Area. SL6 was approved November 4, 2010 and approved Phase II and III <br /> bond release for 14.8 acres at the South Portals. <br /> SL-6 was approved on November 14, 2010. SL-6 approved Phase II and III bond release on 14.8 <br /> reclaimed acres of its total 3,016 acres within the permit boundary at the Roadside North and South <br /> Portals Mine. The purpose SL-6 bond release was to release lands within the permit boundary <br /> located at the South Portal and having a designation of Industrial as the post-mining land use. <br /> SL-7 was approved on March 21, 2011. SL-6 approved Phase I, II, and III bond release on 75.2 <br /> reclaimed acres of its total 3,016 acres within the permit boundary at the Roadside North and South <br /> Portals Mine. The purpose of the bond release was to release lands within the permit boundary <br /> located at the Unit Train Loadout, Permanent Flood Control Dike, Railroad Spur and Overland <br /> Conveyor lying north of I-9/10 Road and having a designation of Industrial as the postmining land <br /> use. The 75.2 acres have been fully reclaimed and an Industrial land use was implemented. <br /> SL-8 was approved on October 8, 2015. SL-8 approved Phase I, II, and III bond release on both <br /> disturbed and undisturbed acres located within the permit boundary at the Roadside North and <br /> South Portals Mine. The following acreages were included in the Bond Release Request: 9.1 <br /> reclaimed acres for Phase I release; 13.7 reclaimed/permanent acres for Phase I,II, and III release; <br /> 122.6 reclaimed acres for Phase II, and III release; and 2147.0 undisturbed acres for Phase III <br /> release. Portions of these areas had been disturbed by mining facilities or structures or had been <br /> undermined. <br /> 4 <br />